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US Coin Trivia: what do these have in common? (Could be too tough) ANSWERED

krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
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What do these have in common?

1968 nickel
1955 dime
1905 half
1926 dollar
1903 half eagle
1901 eagle
1914 double eagle

There are other coins that belong in the group [not very many, though], but if I named them all I think it would make it too easy.

[Updated to include answer below]

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They're all the first or last year involving a mint mark change (mostly "D"),
    but this may not be what you're looking for.
    Tempus fugit.
  • labloverlablover Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They're all COINS!!!
    "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rogers
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Great guess, cladking, but that's a coincidence. There are other coins in the group to which that doesn't apply. I wouldn't have picked up that myself! image

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    They are all round.

    Cameron Kiefer
  • GilbertGilbert Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭
    Hey Kranky,

    This is purely a guess -- each year was struck at all operating mints???
    Gilbert
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Lablover and kieferscoins: I don't dispute that your answers are technically correct, but there's a little more to it than that. image

    Gilbert: they weren't all struck at every mint.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    They all had coins produced at the San Francisco mint for circulation?
  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,549 ✭✭✭
    They all had design modifications.
    National Register Of Big Trees

    We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    FC57coins: they were indeed all struck at SF for circulation. That's part of it.

    mdwoods: not to my knowledge.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • labloverlablover Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They're all minted in the 1900's?
    "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rogers
  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,549 ✭✭✭
    Maybe they were notorious for soft strikes?
    National Register Of Big Trees

    We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1974 Cent?
    Tempus fugit.
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    lablover: Yes, these are all 20th century coins that have something else in common.

    mdwoods: I don't know if that's true or not. If so, it's coincidental.

    cladking: the 1974 cent is not included in the group.

    Edited first post to clarify that while there are other coins that are included in the group, there aren't very many others.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    OK - I've got it - they were all minted in years when the NY Yankees did not win the world series image
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    FC57coins: image

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Answer: They are the 20th century coins for which the San Francisco output was the highest of any of the other mints (circulation strikes).

    I had been thinking about how unusual it was to get an S-mint coin in change, which prompted me to look up whether San Francisco ever had the highest mintage of all the mints. While there were multiple examples in the world of Peace dollars and Double Eagles, there weren't very many in the denominations you encounter every day. Still, I hadn't expected to find any.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    Thanks for the info. image
    Glenn
  • 1956Quarter1956Quarter Posts: 400
    They are all part of a 20th Century Type Set.
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    So - you're basically saying that they're junk? image Thanks for the info! image
  • GilbertGilbert Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭
    That was going to be my first answer, but silly me, I "thought" myself right out of believing that there was also an S circ for 1968.

    Hey Kranky. I think, and I could be wrong, but I believe that my aswer is a true statement, and thus could be a correct answer; that is, based on the coinage you listed.

    Here's an oddity; my Redbook doesn't even list a "P" mint Jefferson for 1968 -- I've noticed more typos in this issue than I can ever recall.
    Gilbert
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Gilbert,

    Before I replied to your answer I checked on coinfacts.com when I noticed the Redbook didn't show any 1968-P Jeffs. Coinfacts didn't show any 1968-P Jeffs either which is why I said that was incorrect. Perhaps both sources are wrong!

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • GilbertGilbert Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭
    Hey Kranky,

    You are correct. There ISN't a P mint Jefferson for '68, '69 or '70. Haven't found out why yet either. There is some discussion in "The Jefferson Nickel Analyst" about the die reverse being modified for the '67 SMS, and again in '71, but no discussion on why there were no P mint coins from '68 - '70. Guess I'll have to find the answer elsewhere - you would think Nagengast would have spoke on that. Maybe Denver and San Fran were handling the requirements and the Treas/US Mint were still smarting from the no P mintmark decision. Hope somebody can comment on why, but in the meantime, I'll be looking to answer that question.
    Gilbert

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