Has Anyone Ever Seen One Of These Tokens?
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I bought this token off of eBay yesterday and I was wondering if someone had any info about it.
I did some Googel-ing and found this: The Story of the Coin Press
"There is some discrepancy about the date that appears on some of the U.S. Mint coins. One token that was printed says,
"United States Mint, First Steam Coinage, Feb. 22, 1836." According to Director Patterson's report, however, March 23 is the
correct date. Perhaps some coins were printed in advance, or February 22 was the date planned for the first printing. It also
may have be chosen to coincide with George Washington's birthday, but delay or postponement ensued and the coining press
wasn't operated until March 23. The February 22 coins were never recalled."
Any further information would be very much appreciated.
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