1776-1976 Bicentennial Lady Liberty

Zoins

I found this in a Google cache and thought it was nicely done.

Anyone have information on this Lady Liberty?

ms70

Got a pic of the reverse? Looks like she's looking down at an ice cream cone.

Zoins

@ms70 said:
Got a pic of the reverse?

Nope. I couldn't find any other photos or references.

Looks like she's looking down at an ice cream cone.

I did find these

MWallace

Miss Liberty looks like the one on a V-Nickel, only reversed.

JBK

No doubt one of the many private issues that hit the market in the Bicentennial era.

People (including myself) tended to look down on such unofficial issues at the time, but here we are decades later discussing them and in some cases adding them to collections of exonumia.

johnny9434

I like the vanilla ice cream cone

Zoins

@JBK said:
No doubt one of the many private issues that hit the market in the Bicentennial era.

People (including myself) tended to look down on such unofficial issues at the time, but here we are decades later discussing them and in some cases adding them to collections of exonumia.

Agree. Hard to believe this is going to be 50 years old soon!

TurtleCat

I’d guess something from the Franklin Mint.

Zoins

Here's a 25mm piece.

Zoins

@TurtleCat said:
I’d guess something from the Franklin Mint.

These don't really have the Franklin Mint look to me. Franklin Mint pieces also tend to have really good records, coming in collector boxes, cards and cases.

They look more like Robert Maxey's Baltimore City Mint pieces struck from 1966 to 1991. He was a member of the Baltimore Coin Club.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/2nftko/can_anyone_identify_this_coin_i_found_in_an_old/
• https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1986-87-baltimore-maryland-spirit-1799781957

JBK

@Zoins said:
Here's a 25mm piece.

Check out the reverse: "6 bits plus 1". That's an obscure reference that might be overlooked by almost all except a knowledgable numismatist.

One bit was 1/8 of a Soanish piece of eight (8 reales), which was equal to one dollar. 1/8 of a dollar was 12.5 cents.

6 bits = 6 x 12.5 = 75

75 + 1 = 76

1776-1976 Bicentennial.

Zoins

@JBK said:

@Zoins said:
Here's a 25mm piece.

Check out the reverse: "6 bits plus 1". That's an obscure reference that might be overlooked by almost all except a knowledgable numismatist.

One bit was 1/8 of a Soanish piece of eight (8 reales), which was equal to one dollar. 1/8 of a dollar was 12.5 cents.

6 bits = 6 x 12.5 = 75

75 + 1 = 76

1776-1976 Bicentennial.

That’s awesome. I was wondering about that!

Zoins

I just found out that Jesse Patrick of the Patrick Mint has a bicentennial token catalog. It's 64 page long!

https://www.amazon.com/bicentennial-tokens-Patrick-Mint-Comprising/dp/B00070NE0Q