Time travel........

longtimecollector

Ifyou could be a US mint employee for 5 continuous years during anytime in mint history, which years would you pick, and why????

Sphinx357

1890-95
Morgan Dollars
glorious Morgan dollars
I'd be swimming in them

shanks82

either 1904-1909

or

1958-1954 (ok so i added a year for one special coin)

clackamas

1793-1797 and I would take all my pay in BU coins, thank you very much.

Cladiator

Cool thread!

1916-1921 and I would insist on being paid in 1918 Wheaties, 1921S Buffalos, 1916D Mercs, 1916 SLQ's, 1921S WLH's and 1921 Peace Dollars

LucyBop

Heh Heh, I would go right to 1955 when the Jukes were Jumpin and the Cats were Boppin'!!!

Gimmie a jukebox and a handful of nickels to cure my ills!

coppercoins

1909-1913 to supervise the minting of the first Lincoln cents. I'd die of a heart attack face down in a mint fresh bag full of 1909S VDB cents.

Baley

1792-1797 and I would take all my pay in BU coins, thank you very much.

yes, me too, please

Deadhorse

1855 to 1860.

All 100 or so of those pattern coins, the 56 Flying Eagle cents would have found their way into my pocket, I'd have gone to that public showing/picnic and bought them all back from those that were given them for the massive sum of a dollar each.

Then I'd add several mint rolls of the rest of the set for the next few years.

Then I would have warned Lincoln to stay away from Ford's Theatre for the rest of his life.

spy88

I would choose the dates 1955 to 1959. Back in those days, most any coin you could possibly want would be available for a pittance! From the mint or elsewhere!

FC57Coins

1835-1840 Even though the conditions were horrendous, I'd be around for the start of three brand new mints!

wingedliberty

1916-20

291fifth

1792-97, though I'd like to be out of town when the yellow fever epidemics struck.

jbsteven

<< <i>I'd die of a heart attack face down in a mint fresh bag full of 1909S VDB cents. >>



Now that is funny!

agentjim007

1793-1797 and pay me in cents. I'd forfeit the 1794 dollar for 100 shiney new chains.

dorkkarl

1797-1801. gimme every draped-bust small eagle half out there!

K S

nwcs

1960-64. Snag all of the silver I could, knowing what was coming out. Find a way to buy all the great stuff from the mint vaults before the GSA can sell them. But even better, it's an era with air conditioning, decent sanitation, and decent food. Hate most of the music and hate the godlessness so I'd also find it a good opportunity to share truth.

LanLord

I am afraid I would need to be reincarnated a few times to play this game.

Too many periods in numimatic history (as well as other history) that I would like to be around for.

Suffice it to say, after living several different life times, I would own all the chain and wreath cents, alot of 1794 dollars, 1796&7 half dollars, 1815 half eagles, 1856 flyers, 1877 indians, 1896s 1901s and 1913s quarters, 1916SLQs ...

well, you get the picture.

Hey, that gives me an idea, A picture of Dorian Grey!!

I'll have my picture painted, I'll make a wish that the picture ages and I remain the same (while there is a statue of a cat which is actually a god). Then hide the picture in the attic and live forever and own all the coins!

EvilMCT

1913 - 1917.
Let's see: 1913 Liberty Nickel, Buffalos w/varieties, matte proof Lincoln's, 1916d Mercury, 1916 and 1917 SLQ's w/varieties, 1916 and 1917 WLH's w/varieties, $2.5/$5/$10 Indians and $20 Saint's. Seems like a good run.

or

1864 - 1868
Red IHC's, red Two Cent pieces, Trimes!, 3CN, Shield Nickels, Seated Half Dimes/Dimes/Quarters/ Halves/Dollars and of course $1/2.5/3/5/10/20 Gold.

Ken

coinguy1

A number of you guys (I wont mention any names just yet) are cheating, by listing six (not 5) year periods. Later today, I will provide a free math class. Geeze, give em five and they take six.

LanLord

<< <i>A number of you guys (I wont mention any names just yet) are cheating, by listing six (not 5) year periods. Later today, I will provide a free math class. Geeze, give em five and they take six. >>

Mark, you do realize this is all hypothetical, no harm - no foul.

geb209

1870-74 at the carson city mint. Give me everything minted.

FYI: I assume you can only choose one mint at which to work. The possibilities of switching between various mints would be very small and the cost to move might be very expensive.

coinguy1

LanLord, hypothetical for YOU maybe but not for ME - I'm off to 1793 (and I wont stay beyond 1797) - see ya.

cladking

OK, but no heavy lifting.
The most interesting time to learn some of the most important things for me would
be late '63 to early '69. There'd be invaluable information about SMS's and the dif-
ferent ways of preparing dies and planchets. The early trials of clad coin production
and the transition itself would be interesting.

Of course if one were to have been to be able to leave the mint in the past then there
would be more interesting periods. Philly should have been great back in the 18th cen-
tury.

mgoodm3

1873 - 1877

oreville

Well, this might not qualify.

I would have loved to have been there as an employee when Martha Washington brought her silverware for melting into coins. I would have loved to have been there in the early years of the screw press to mint all of our early US coins.

Naturally, I would have demanded 3 months vacation to be out of Philadelphia during the summers, since so much sickness was going around.

But having yellow fever and lying down headfirst in a bagful of 1793 chain cents might outdo coppercoins 1909-S VDB cents!

Of course, others may have preferred to have been at the scene of the 1804 silver dollar minting or the 1913 nickel minting?

Russ

1964 - 1967 (Note: The extra year I didn't use can go to somebody who used a six year period).

First, I would grab all the 1964 SMS sets that were minted. Would be much easier for Don to research them if I owned them all.

Then I would grab all the early strike Accented Hairs off of each fresh die so I'd own all the deep cameos minted. Then I'd do the same for the 1965, 1966 and 1967 SMS coins.

Russ, NCNE

Cocoinut

1793-1797 wins hands down.

All of the coins would be great to own, but the highlights for me would be:

1793 half cents
Chain and wreath cents
Prooflike 1796 quarters
1796 and 1797 halves
1794 dollars
All early gold


As long as we're dreaming though, it would be fun to be a Mint emloyee and a collector with unlimited funds in the 1929-1933 time period. I'd pick up as many $5 gold and St. Gaudens $10 and $20 as I could from the mint. I'd cherrypick all of the rolls of contemporary coinage for MS66 or better coins, and stash away a few bank wrapped rolls of 1931-D cents, 1932 quarters from all mints, and '29-D & S and '33-S halves. Any of the great rarities in U.S. numismatics could be purchased for ridiculously low prices. Then I'd like to be fast-forwarded to 1980, 1989, and today to sell my accumulation at the highest levels ever seen. I'd keep a few of my very favorites, and buy a tropical island where I could retire in paradise. Slap!! Wake up, Jim! Oh well, it's nice to dream, isn't it?

Jim

LanLord

... and then the bubble bursts.

For those people that chose to live in the 1700s, 1800s, and first half of the 1900s in order to get the really cool stuff

Yer dead now, someone else owns them and they are the ones making the killer profits from your prior savings.