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A little bonus inside a stuffy old volume
RogerB
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Sometimes Mint employees left notes and comments among their volumes of correspondence and reports. Here's an example covering several years. It is in the flyleaf of a journal describing medal accounts.
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That's amazing.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Things like that are what make me appreciate all the work you do for discovery of such information.
Thanks.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
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For the City of Philadelphia historians, the "last tree" was an interesting little bon bon.
That’s awesome stuff I love the unique style of writing with the old ink well pins
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
Wonder if there had been a problem with unauthorized restriking of Society of Cincinnati medals during the latest rash of unauthorized restriking at the mint, resulting in the Sept. 1882 entry. These have always been prized and in demand and the Centennial celebrations probably only increased interest in them.
Contemporary commentary can be quite informative... and provide interesting insight into the perspectives of the time....Thanks Roger... Cheers, RickO
way cool
sellitstore - Good question. The Philadelphia Mint Medal Department was careful about making and selling medals struck for private organizations. This was to preserve the organization's purpose, and to limit complaints from private companies about unfair competition. Mint's private medal business began because there were no companies capable of producing large award and recognition medals in the US. But by the 1850s, conditions had changed and there was fear that the Mint would stifle commercial interests. The Mint continued making private medals for existing clients, but focused on national medals and Congressionally-authorized awards.