Just discovered! Mint manual on use of seated dollars.
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As you know, the mint has adopted Christian Gobrecht's seated liberty design for our regular dollar coinage. There are a few things you should know about using these new coins.
First, they should be carried in the pocket accompanied by sand.
If you lack sand, any variety of sharp objects or gravel may be substituted.
When you use one to make a purchase, be sure to wipe it with your bandanna or a gunny sack.
Wipe hard as we want these coins to remain shiny.
The rims of these new coins are grooved instead of lettered as in the past. This is so you can bounce them on hard surfaces without obliterating the denomination.
Clean them regularly using borax or fine garnet.
Don't take any to China. They already have more than we do. Theirs are handmade. Ours are made on good Industrial Revolution machines.
Spend them often and spend them hard.
We thank you for your cooperation.
First, they should be carried in the pocket accompanied by sand.
If you lack sand, any variety of sharp objects or gravel may be substituted.
When you use one to make a purchase, be sure to wipe it with your bandanna or a gunny sack.
Wipe hard as we want these coins to remain shiny.
The rims of these new coins are grooved instead of lettered as in the past. This is so you can bounce them on hard surfaces without obliterating the denomination.
Clean them regularly using borax or fine garnet.
Don't take any to China. They already have more than we do. Theirs are handmade. Ours are made on good Industrial Revolution machines.
Spend them often and spend them hard.
We thank you for your cooperation.
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<< <i>An idiotic post IMO >>
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<< <i>An idiotic post IMO >>
What a moron, IMHO...
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<< <i>buy it -- you probably won't find too many more. >>
Nor SHOULD you. As you can see, if they were delicately handled, it was against the law.
<< <i>As you know, the mint has adopted Christian Gobrecht's seated liberty design for our regular dollar coinage. There are a few things you should know about using these new coins.
First, they should be carried in the pocket accompanied by sand.
If you lack sand, any variety of sharp objects or gravel may be substituted.
When you use one to make a purchase, be sure to wipe it with your bandanna or a gunny sack.
Wipe hard as we want these coins to remain shiny.
The rims of these new coins are grooved instead of lettered as in the past. This is so you can bounce them on hard surfaces without obliterating the denomination.
Clean them regularly using borax or fine garnet.
Don't take any to China. They already have more than we do. Theirs are handmade. Ours are made on good Industrial Revolution machines.
Spend them often and spend them hard.
We thank you for your cooperation. >>
That's funny! Makes sense to me.
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<< <i>Is this the voice of experience speaking? Are you saying based on your studies of these coins, this is the majority of the population? >>
It's the experience of just about anyone who ever looked to buy a problem-free, original (or even *almost* original) seated dollar.
I had a shot at a very nice, original AU-58 seated dollar offered by RCNH last year that I still kick myself for passing on (I think it was an 1846). It was something like $1050 and was one of the nicest, most original choice AU seated dollars I've ever seen. That would have been a "star" in my type set, but money was very tight at the time. I probably should have sold other coins to get it, because the other coins would have been much more easily replaced.
When many of us talk about agonizing more over NOT buying certain coins than about buying mistakes, this is a poster child for that phenomenon.