President Washington’s Birthday, Post them! Any and all!

2windy2fish

291fifth

Happy 292nd Birthday! Born Feb. 11,1732 (Julian) or Feb. 22, 1732 (Gregorian). The Julian calendar was in use in the British American colonies in 1732.

coinbuf

DCW

Here's to the two greatest US Presidents! The father of our country and the man who saved it from ruin.

calgolddiver

BG723 Cal fractional

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1872-g25c-bg-723-washington/10550

Eldorado9

Mr_Spud

mikee999

LJenkins11

The "call it" coin no British soldier wants to see... A double serving of George! Heads you lose, tails you lose. "Royal Crown" die chip to boot.

mikee999

mikee999

OAKSTAR

ldhair

BillJones

Washington Before Boston medal. A gold example of this piece was awarded to Washington by the Continental Congress in 1776. This bronze piece was struck from the same die pair. Interestingly Congress awarded this to Washington months before they signed the Declaration of Independence. It sounds like they are preparing to "hang together or hang separately" already, as Benjamin Franklin put it.

Here is a pro-Southern, "copperhead" piece which featured Washington on the obverse (date side). Both the North and the South claimed Washington as a hero. The revere is calling for peace between two equal partners, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America.

sparky64

Edit: Added coin to stay on topic.

Copperindian

Floridafacelifter

Some_of_it

1976 Evacuation of Boston 200th anniversary bronze. 38mm. Don’t know anything about it.

CRHer700

40%, but not from circulation!

CRHer700

Does paper count? I have a few Georges laying around since I search them by the hundreds.

CRHer700

Also, how about some Canadian? For all of these posts, as a CRHer President’s Day drives me crazy because the banks are closed!


Not the right George huh. It is kind of funny that the U.S. were led by George , and the Brits were ruled by George. Some names sure are common.

Steven59

winesteven

Too many of you took it the easy way. I’m sure some of you who posted a Washington Quarter also have the following Classic Silver Commem - the 1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar!

The 1926 United States Sesquicentennial half dollar was the second United States coin to feature a living person at the time of its minting. The obverse of the coin featured busts of George Washington and Calvin Coolidge. (The first was the 1921 Alabama Centennial half dollar, which showed a bust of then-Governor Thomas Kilby.) Coolidge remains the only president depicted on coinage during his lifetime.

Steve

jughead1893

Barberian

Here's George on another classic commemorative with Gen. Lafayette.

CoinHoarder

A belated happy birthday for President Washington:

fastfreddie

P0CKETCHANGE

I have a few

OAKSTAR

@P0CKETCHANGE - Do you have a complete set of graded business strike silver Washington quarters?

P0CKETCHANGE

@OAKSTAR not quite, but I'm 83% of the way there (69/83). I started it a little over 4 years ago. Criteria is "double-sided toners". Most of the coins are MS65-67.

OAKSTAR

@P0CKETCHANGE said:
@OAKSTAR not quite, but I'm 83% of the way there (69/83). I started it a little over 4 years ago. Criteria is "double-sided toners". Most of the coins are MS65-67.

Thanks for that. I was looking at your beautiful quarters above and wondering what your 32-D and 32-S look like.

OAKSTAR

Here are some random Washington quarters in the back of my Dansco. I only wanted a 32-64 Dansco album. I could only find one with extra pages. This album went to 1980-S proof, so I filled it. The rest is just random stuff.

P0CKETCHANGE

@OAKSTAR here they are.

Just picked up the 32-D at Winter FUN. It's a 58+ that has better eye appeal than a lot of the 63s on the market, and was a fraction of the cost. Just a pop 6 at PCGS in the top everyman grade. The 32-S is a 62—nice eye appeal but the surfaces are a little dull for an unc, hence the grade.

I went with "value grade" coins for these slots—most of the others are in the $50-$150 range, so I preferred not to have any 4-figure coins tying up funds, especially since the eye appeal and toning isn't great on those issues even in choice BU.

OAKSTAR

Beautiful coins @P0CKETCHANGE! I think you and I are going in opposite directions. You're keeping slabs and I'm breaking them out. 🤣 😉 👍🏻

OAKSTAR

@P0CKETCHANGE - Here's a few minor toners thought you'd like to see. Not nearly as nice as yours!

BillJones

Back in the mid 19th century, there was a collectors mania for pieces with Washington on them. Die sinkers stuck a profile him on a token whenever they could, even if it was very small.

An 1864 Lincoln campaign token.

olympicsos

As much as people preferred Laura Gardin Fraser's version of the Washington Quarter, I will say that John Flanagan's version is the best designed of the presidential portrait coins.

Kurisu

From very recent rolls...

SanctionII

I am late to this thread, but here are some Washington Quarters I have.

OAKSTAR

@SanctionII - And the 32-D & S?

SanctionII

Oakstar.

Unfortunately I do not have the 1932 D or the 1932 S. Possibly down the road I will acquire them.

OAKSTAR

@SanctionII said:
Oakstar.

Unfortunately I do not have the 1932 D or the 1932 S. Possibly down the road I will acquire them.

If they're anything close to your examples above, they will be stunning! 👍

P0CKETCHANGE

some great toners in that group @SanctionII

BillJones

The U.S. Mint issued this mint employee Oath of Allegiance Medal in September 1861. The stated reason was that the mint employees were pledging their fidelity to the Union, but the real reason was to make another Washington medal to sell to collectors. Just about anything with Washington on it was an instant collectors' item at this time.

This mint medal celebrated the opening of the mint cabinet display.

Robot1010

It's considered a sign of good luck when a bird drops one on your head

Robot1010

Robot1010

Collar clash on a W quarter

Robot1010

Robot1010

And the bird has a chip on his shoulder so watch out below

Twobitcollector

Twobitcollector