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qrtqrt Posts: 469 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 25, 2025 8:38AM in U.S. Coin Forum

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  • goldengolden Posts: 10,322 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So very cool!

  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,647 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was Washington throwing David Rittenhouse (the first Mint Director) under the bus??

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  • qrtqrt Posts: 469 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 25, 2025 8:38AM

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,441 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have speculated in print that the reason why every authorized denomination was first struck with the same date, 1796, was because of Washington’s impending retirement. The feat was not repeated until 1840!

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Author of "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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