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TRIVIA CONTEST: (Un)precious Moments in US Coinage History

supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
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What years (as determined by coin dates) were no U.S. coins minted with precious metal?

(From 1793 to present).
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    1975
    1977
    1978
    1979
    1980
    1981
    1983
    1984
    1985

    To start... I'll need to think on earlier years.
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    1816
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  • dddangerousdandddangerousdan Posts: 566
    1793
    1816
    1975
    1977
    1978
    1979
    1980
    1981
    1985


    DAN
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    Rats... forgot about the 83/84 Olympic Commems!
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  • dddangerousdandddangerousdan Posts: 566
    and 1793 half cents and large cents only

    DAN
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    My shiny cents

    imageThe half I am getting rid of and me, forever and always Taken in about 1959
  • littlewicherlittlewicher Posts: 1,822 ✭✭
    Is there a prize involved?imageimage


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  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Wow, wouldn't have guessed 1816.

    Is that all of them? Might as well make it a contest... winner gets a genuine US precious metal coin, recently won from Russ' contest. image
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    Final Answer

    1793
    1816
    1975
    1977
    1978
    1979
    1980
    1981
    1985
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  • dddangerousdandddangerousdan Posts: 566
    I'll stand with mine

    DAN
    United States Air Force Retired And Would Do It Again.

    My first tassa slap 3/3/04

    My shiny cents

    imageThe half I am getting rid of and me, forever and always Taken in about 1959
  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    Dan, after my new post and your edit, we both have the same list. It must be right!
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  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Well you've both got the same answer. Luckily, I think you're both wrong. image It might be a trick question. Keep posting if you change your mind!
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    Do I need to pull out Breen's vs. just my Redbook to figure it out?
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  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    That's what I was just doing. image But my thought was wrong.

    If that list is the final answer then dddan's got you by 5 minutes, better keep digging!
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  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Here's what I was thinking of, I was off by one year:

    image

    (Silver plug in the middle.)
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  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    And, by the way, I refer all SBA critics to the above photo. YIKES!
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    I had been looking for that coin... I knew there was an early copper with a silver plug. 1816 surprised me too!
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    Good contest. I expected to find a gap in the early thirties. No dimes in 32/33, no quarters in 31/33, no halves in 30/31/32, no dollars in 29/30/31/32/33. Of course gold was sparse those years also.
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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1977 IKE. Doe's silver clad count as precious metal?
    Larry

  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Yep, silver clad counts, that's what saves 71, 72, 73, 74, 76.

    But (arbitrary ruling) errors don't. I'll make an exception if you're looking to sell me a 1977 off-metal Ike. image
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    Yes it does. That's what keeps 1971-1974 out. But there is no silver clad Ike in 1977.
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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    None for sale anyway.
    Larry

  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Last call to prove this list wrong... I'll check back in the morning.

    1793
    1816
    1975
    1977
    1978
    1979
    1980
    1981
    1985

    Otherwise fast-fingered Dan wins it by a nose. image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting. I, too, found myself surprised by 1816.

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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thats fair Supercoin. I thought that might have been the trick part.
    Larry

  • dddangerousdandddangerousdan Posts: 566
    Just went through breen for all 210 years. couldn't find any others.

    DAN
    United States Air Force Retired And Would Do It Again.

    My first tassa slap 3/3/04

    My shiny cents

    imageThe half I am getting rid of and me, forever and always Taken in about 1959
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    1793, 1816, 1975, 1977 (if you ignore mint errors), 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1985


    I answered before I read the rest of the thread.
  • supercoinsupercoin Posts: 2,323 ✭
    Since Conder "king trivia" 101 has weighed in, I'll declare Dan the man, congrats!

    PM me your address and a bullion coin from one of the silver years is on the way. As soon as I receive it from Russ, that is. image
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  • dddangerousdandddangerousdan Posts: 566
    Thank You supercoin.

    PM sent

    DAN
    United States Air Force Retired And Would Do It Again.

    My first tassa slap 3/3/04

    My shiny cents

    imageThe half I am getting rid of and me, forever and always Taken in about 1959

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