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MrEureka
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There are many mysteries in numismatics waiting to be solved by some numismatic researcher. If you can think of one such mystery, tell us. Maybe you’ll inspire someone to take on the challenge.
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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Mintage figures for the 1870-s dollar and if any were officially released into circulation.
L and E counterstamped 1815 and 1825 quarters.
Many have tried….etc…
Buying and Selling coins for 54 years, 700+ shows in last 20 years, and boy am I tired.
Purchased and Trademarked the Mohawk Valley Hoard
Originated the Rochester (NY) Area Coin Expo
How in the world are two United States coins held in a person's clenched hand equal .55c yet one is not a nickel?
peacockcoins
Half dollar and a nickel, one isn't a nickel but the other one is 🤣
peacockcoins
Backstory of the 1794 $1 SP66.
Why was it struck, to whom was it given initially?
More history on the reasons for the 1945 Mercury dime being so poorly struck.
The REAL story (no pun intended) behind the 1817 New Spain (aka Texas) 1/2 Real "Jolas"!
One of them is a half dime!
New website: Groovycoins.com Capped Bust Half Dime registry set: Bikergeek CBHD LM Set
Why were there no 1869 cc coins struck. The dies had arrived, in late November, and the equipment had been tested and yet no coins were produced and the dies returned. Dollars were eventually struck on Feb 4th, 1870...
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If I had a half dime and a calculator I could figure this one out
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I always wanted to know if there were any 1804 half dollars struck, we know the dies were made.
I raised this question on a different coin site. Neither the who or the why is known but thousands of 1859-O and 1860O Seated dollars were hauled up to Philly and locked away for a 100 years. Were the coins considered suspect? Why not release or melt them? This is a Democracy where power transfers on a fairly regular basis but did someone have the pull to lock them up for an entire Century? If so then why? All then history books say is the topic is shrouded in mystery.
Which undefaced US dies are currently in private collections?
Cause it's a half dime.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
Modern secrets ...
.... How, who, where did the the Denver release of major mint error coins come about in the year 2007?
During the Boer wars a large quantity of Gold was spirited away from South Africa before the British could get their hands on it. Many gold coins were hastily struck and blank rounds exist.
Who is hoarding the Kruger millions?
The substantial truth doctrine is an important defense in defamation law that allows individuals to avoid liability if the gist of their statement was true.
Pacman inspired at the expense of FDR?
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
This is a cool thread!
Who has the 1964 silver dollars?
Lafayette Grading Set
Money cannot buy love, but money increases the chances of finding love, and love decreases the need for money.
Where is the San Francisco Mint cornerstone with all of the valuable coins in it?
An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.
And what is the condition of those coins in the cornerstone
Which collections did my 1868 Chile Proof peso belong to before Millennia.
And who the hell dipped out the Norweb 93-S $1
Latin American Collection
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What's the difference between, An Impression and A Strike?
Too easy.....?
Who is the Omega man
Turn the page mom !
Why make dies for branch mints that didn't use them? Or if they did use the dies, where are the undiscovered coins? Just my curiosity after reading through the literature and seeing comments like "dies for made for such and such mint, sent and received on such date, but no coinage ensued." It's like ordering a pizza for delivery, paying for it ahead of time, and then not enjoying it.
I'd also like to know what really happened to the 12,000 business strike 1895 Morgans.
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That’s a bogus analogy because you have to reach into your own pocket to pay for the pizza. Government agencies don’t work like that. 😉
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
When a coin design changes, why do they share a year?
ex... last year Indian cent is the first year of the Lincoln cent.....last year barber quarter is the first year of the SLQ and so on...many other examples.
Why not just start the new design in the new year, like most other countries?
Such as Canada, when both the Monarchy changes and the coin design changes they start in the next year and never share a year.
"“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)
"I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
This one is easy.
America has no particular need to lie about which year a coin was struck. Monarchies do have such a reason, when the king or queen dies.
Canadian coins struck after the king dies continue to be struck into the new king's reign bearing the old king's portrait. And bearing the date in which the king died. Because a coin dated 1936 proclaims King George V as King of Canada. A coin dated 1937 proclaiming George V as King of Canada would be lying, because George V was dead by then. Thus, a large number of "1936" dated coins were actually struck in 1937, while they waited for the new coin designs to be approved.
The "never share a year" thing is more properly explained by the slowness of British coinage design tradition. It historically takes months for a new royal portrait to be commissioned, turned into coinage artwork, approved personally by the monarch, approved by parliament, then turned into coinage dies and issued for circulation. They cannot prepare a portrait in advance of the old king dying; that would just be rude (in effect, saying "hurry up and die already, we want to issue coins with your son on them instead"). So they have to wait until the new king actually assumes the throne before commencing the redesign process.
For the coin-issuing colonies, such as Canada and Australia, the delay was even longer, since coin dies with the new monarch's portrait had to be shipped from London. Which means new designs can take over a year before they start becoming actual coins.
1936 was a particularly problematic year for British Empire coinage, due to the whole thing with Edward VIII rejecting his official portrait designs, and then deciding to abdicate just as the redesign issue was resolved.
Britain surprised everybody at the speed with which the new coin portraits for Charles III were released, after Elizabeth II passed away. Modern technology has helped hasten the old traditions: the portrait's creator worked off stock photographs, rather than a formal portrait sitting. Which is why you can, indeed, find some British coins dated 2022 with both Elizabeth II and Charles III portraits. Canada and Australia were kind of left out of the loop, and still haven't started issuing Charles III coins yet. Australia has been forced to issue 2023-dated coins as "in memoriam", with the old queen's portrait still on them.
Now let's look at America. Coinage redesign isn't tied to the reigning monarch, the political party of the day, or anything else - it happens whenever Treasury, under advice from the Mint, decides it should happen. So the new design coins can start production, as soon as the redesign process is complete and the dies are ready to go.
A smaller country could afford to pause coinage issue and wait until the end of a calendar year to change a design. But since the mid-1800s, the US economy has always been too big to allow for that; too many new coins are constantly demanded. Sure, they could keep the new designs on hold and wait for the new calendar year. But if "change is good", and there's no harm caused by changing straight away, why wait?
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded one DPOTD.
Who paid for this gold medal? US taxpayers? President Eisenhower himself? Department of State?
Whose hallmark is on the center bottom?
Why does Getty Images have a wrong title? (Correction required. This is an Eisenhower gift to Churchill.)
What did John J. Ford, Jr. know about fake territorial gold pieces, and when did he know it?
I think you have probably read Moulton's masterpiece. The answer is pretty much in that book.
For me, where is the DuPont 1854-S half eagle?
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
What will be the very next MEGA GREAT parking lot find and reported first on the PCGS US Coin Forum?
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
For example, SLQ ended in 1930, Washington Quarter started in 1932. Franklin half ended in 1963, Kennedy half started in 1964. SBA dollar was brought back (like the Morgan) in 1999, golden dollars started in 2000. Not just moderns. Flying Eagle cent ended in 1858, Indian cent started in 1859.
Why does the continental currency “dollar” still bring so much money?
Half dollar and a half disme.
Type collector, mainly into Seated. -formerly Ownerofawheatiehorde. Good BST transactions with: mirabela, OKCC, MICHAELDIXON, Gerard
The reason only 1 1975 Proof dime (copper/nickel) clad coin missing the mintmark S, and valued at $500,000.00 exists , like the 5 1913 Liberty nickels worth 5 million, is clandestine. Not by error were either created, but (in my mind) very calculated.
Except ONE was just snuck in (to a proof set). 5 were snuck out (and through channels WITHOUT records) and carefully placed into a private collectors' hands. No mystery there.
One was "discovered". Five magically appeared some five years after the fact.
Let's talk Sacagawea mules and high/low leaf quarters.
Excuse me, Mr.E You provoke thought with your moniker. There are always more questions than answers. Mystery / Mr.E.
I wish I knew... so my natural thoughts keep going back to " it's an inside job".
I don’t know, but you won’t have to wait long.
I believe that there are two known 1975 No-S Proof dimes.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
What is the first US legal tender coin to feature a dead president? What is the first US legal tender coin to have a particular individual on both sides of the coin?
Cats !
Where's Don Taxay?
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
I’ve always pondered the relative abundance of AU-MS walkers of 1929D and S, compared to the 1927S and 1928S, despite having lower mintages.
My pet theory is that many of the 1929 coins were still held at the federal reserve branches when the stock market crashed in October of that year. And they continued to hold them rather than release them into commerce during the ensuing Great Depression. And no additional walkers were even minted until late 1933. The earlier dates continued to be work horses during those years, and suffered the commensurate wear and tear.
After that, I suspect that they began trickling out in the mid-late 1930’s. At that point the collectors and dealers who could afford to do so put some away on speculation, as was done with the low mintage 1938D.
I believe there are three no S 1975 Proof Dimes - the Bicentennial sets were Presented to President Ford, his assistant and one other at White house as representations of what the Bicentennial coinage would look like,
What is the process used by the Philadelphia Mint in the 19th century to gild patterns, and how can you definitively determine if a piece was gilded at the Mint or later, privately?
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.