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The Classics #16: 1925 Stone Mountain
LeeG
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Coin's for sale/trade.
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This one is on the way to me...
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, second organization, was a fraternal order started on Stone Mt., near Atlanta, Ga., in 1915 by William J. Simmons.
HK-909 ( Pics by Tmot99 )
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
I live 15 minutes from Stone Mountain. I hike the trails with my dog several times a week.
Something a little different from my safe: a sterling silver engraved candy dish made with a Stone Mountain Commem
<< <i>Another great thread Lee.
I live 15 minutes from Stone Mountain. I hike the trails with my dog several times a week.
Something a little different from my safe: a sterling silver engraved candy dish made with a Stone Mountain Commem
Cool Candy Dish
NGC MS65
From the Shepherd collection
Commems and Early Type
Great Post! I enjoyed reading it. I look forward to reading some of the others as well.
I see that others are posting Stone Mountain memorabilia - here is mine. It is a limited edition envelope that was put together for the dedication in 1970. The medal and the commem are in flips that are stapled to tagboard inside the envelope. This is the only one of these I have ever seen. I forget how many of these were made (I think 300) - it is printed on the back of the envelope.
I also have a doubled die reverse specimen- but no photos.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
<< <i>I also have a doubled die reverse specimen. >>
The DDR is scarcer than the DDO, but still reasonably available.
There are also coins minted from both doubled dies...
–John Adams, 1826
Still too many for the market to absorb, countless coins remained in banks as late as the 1930s and were ultimately dumped into circulation at face value.
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And to prove this to be true, I submit the following...
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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Here is one with the common reverse stripe caused by storage in the cardboard holder of issue:
Commems and Early Type
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An amazing number of creative marketing techniques were devised to move these coins and realize a maximum return, no easy feat given that their enormous mintage discouraged sales to both coin collectors and speculators. A New York marketing specialist named Harvey Hill was engaged to oversee such promotions. Large corporations were drafted to purchase quantities of these coins to present or sell to their employees. Perhaps the most interesting scheme, however, and the one with the greatest value to present day collectors was Hill’s idea to counterstamp a number of coins with the initials of various southern states and a range of serial numbers. These special souvenirs were then auctioneered amid much publicity; one example counterstamped for Florida realized an amazing $1,300! These have become quite popular with coin collectors, but purchasers are warned to buy only coins which have accompanying documentation, as the counterstamps can be replicated. >>
Here's a pic of one of the counterstamped coins. Not everyone knows the story above, so you can still cherrypick these - that's how I came to own this one:
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
Sorry this is the best I can do, have to get some better pics taken of one of my favorite coins. "Birth of a Nation" is worth seeing if only for it's cartoonish racist portrayal of Blacks, kind of hard to believe in this day and age.
In memory of a great member we have lost recently.