Labor Day in 1882...

joeykoins · September 2, 2014 3:00AM

Hi guy's, are you aware that it wasn't until the year 1882 when the Holiday came into play? I just found it out myself. Since this date was the significant date of Labor Day, how about showing some 1882 coins?

CoinZip · September 4, 2014 1:13AM

LindeDad · September 4, 2014 1:21AM

Low mintage year for what I collect only 4,400 minted and my pockets have not been deep enough lately for those few offered.

BillJones · September 4, 2014 2:57AM

Here is one, at least, and 1882 Gold Dollar. This is a very nice coin, but then again these coins come nice because they did not get used for much except jewelry.

joeykoins · September 4, 2014 3:05AM

Very cool coins posted guy's! The gold one is so beautiful and full of luster and the other one is very interesting to say the least.

lkeigwin · September 4, 2014 3:20AM

joeykoins · September 4, 2014 3:25AM

Great! You just pulled up my favorite "1882" coin! That's strange, both sides seems to be two different colors? Very beauuutiful. I'll guess a 66RB? Double-die?

lkeigwin · September 4, 2014 3:34AM

Yeah, odd about the difference in color, front to back. It's a 65RB. No doubling that I know of, other than the usual Longacre doubling.
Lance.

joeykoins · September 4, 2014 3:39AM

Yeah, regardless. Nice coin Lance and thanks for posting.-joey

BillJones · September 4, 2014 4:58AM

I have seen and have handled a number of 19th century dated Indian cents that were lighter on one side than the other. Most often they are pieces that were stored in coin cabinets that always had one side next to the velvet, and the other facing up. I think the toning could go both ways. If the velvet had stuff in it that caused the coin to tone, it toned. If the velvet was fairly inert and the side facing up was exposed to a lot of light, that side toned. That side was also more prone to black or "carbon" spots because of the saliva applied by breathing or sneezing on the piece.

BillJones · September 4, 2014 5:04AM

Duplicate post, and I'll tell what is happening.

I post a message, and then the screen freezes. I wait and wait until I get an error message. After the screen freezes and then re-post because I know that if I hit the "Enter" button again I'll get blocked with a "duplicate message" response.

I have logged out and come back, and NOT seen my message after the error message. Then I'll come back and see the same message repeated multiple times.

johnny9434 · September 4, 2014 5:07AM

cool gold

joeykoins · September 5, 2014 3:10AM

<< <i>I have seen and have handled a number of 19th century dated Indian cents that were lighter on one side than the other. Most often they are pieces that were stored in coin cabinets that always had one side next to the velvet, and the other facing up. I think the toning could go both ways. If the velvet had stuff in it that caused the coin to tone, it toned. If the velvet was fairly inert and the side facing up was exposed to a lot of light, that side toned. That side was also more prone to black or "carbon" spots because of the saliva applied by breathing or sneezing on the piece. >>

Makes perfectly good sense, thanks for the info.

joeykoins · September 5, 2014 3:15AM

<< <i>I have seen and have handled a number of 19th century dated Indian cents that were lighter on one side than the other. Most often they are pieces that were stored in coin cabinets that always had one side next to the velvet, and the other facing up. I think the toning could go both ways. If the velvet had stuff in it that caused the coin to tone, it toned. If the velvet was fairly inert and the side facing up was exposed to a lot of light, that side toned. That side was also more prone to black or "carbon" spots because of the saliva applied by breathing or sneezing on the piece. >>

Makes perfectly good sense to me, thanks for the info.

Labor Day in 1882...

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