An 1890 Pencil Rubbing Sent to the Mint

1630Boston

The US Mint used to give you the value of a coin if you sent them a pencil rubbing of the coin.

Butteredfatkid

Now THATS cool, don’t think I’ve ever seen a record like that!

TurtleCat

That is really cool. I hope the person kept the coin in spite of the mint saying it was worth bullion value. Even then I suspect it was worth more than that, although not nearly as much in proportion as today.

Kliao

Really Neat!

ricko

How interesting.... Never considered such a thing.... Though I am familiar with headstone rubbings... a hobby for some people. Cheers, RickO

PipestonePete

I remember making aluminum foil rubbings of coins when I was a kid.

thisistheshow

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing this.

These types of tidbits relating to numismatics are a lot of fun as a collector and also speak volumes on the changes in society and customs from then until now.

NumisOxide

First I've heard of this. Thanks for sharing!

mothra454

Thus was coined the phrase "Pencil rubbings or it didn't happen!"

johnny9434

wow that's wicked neat

MFeld

@TurtleCat said:
That is really cool. I hope the person kept the coin in spite of the mint saying it was worth bullion value. Even then I suspect it was worth more than that, although not nearly as much in proportion as today.

What do you think it was? The person who inquired stated that the coin was silver.

topstuf

The handwritten description says "gold" and the typewritten says "silver."

uhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

TurtleCat

@MFeld said:

@TurtleCat said:
That is really cool. I hope the person kept the coin in spite of the mint saying it was worth bullion value. Even then I suspect it was worth more than that, although not nearly as much in proportion as today.

What do you think it was? The person who inquired stated that the coin was silver.

As topstuf noted, the handwritten letter says gold. So probably a transcription error on the typewritten part?

ThreeCentSilverFL

Very, very cool. Thanks for sharing.

MFeld

@TurtleCat said:

@MFeld said:

@TurtleCat said:
That is really cool. I hope the person kept the coin in spite of the mint saying it was worth bullion value. Even then I suspect it was worth more than that, although not nearly as much in proportion as today.

What do you think it was? The person who inquired stated that the coin was silver.

As topstuf noted, the handwritten letter says gold. So probably a transcription error on the typewritten part?

@TurtleCat said:

@MFeld said:

@TurtleCat said:
That is really cool. I hope the person kept the coin in spite of the mint saying it was worth bullion value. Even then I suspect it was worth more than that, although not nearly as much in proportion as today.

What do you think it was? The person who inquired stated that the coin was silver.

As topstuf noted, the handwritten letter says gold. So probably a transcription error on the typewritten part?

Thank you.

Meltdown

Where do you find this stuff? Very cool.

1630Boston

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@Meltdown said:
Where do you find this stuff? Very cool.

At the the Newman Numismatic Portal.

LanceNewmanOCC

No premium of the eagle of 1799.

i am quite fond of the grammar from these mint/numismatic archive docs. even past the frustration of trying to read the cursive sometimes.

glad i participated in roger's archives transcribing project a while back.

gonzer

91 years later and it's only worth $10.60? Doesn't sound quite right.

mothra454

@gonzer said:
91 years later and it's only worth $10.60? Doesn't sound quite right.

Too many hairlines