Diamond anniversary for Washingtons nears.
cladking
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How appropriate that these little gems have their diamond anniversary coming up next year.
They've been struck at four mints in three metallic compositions. They've been struck twice with
out mint marks and their composition has changed repeatedly. They were struck for 32 years
in silver and then 33 years in cu/ni clad for circulation. They now comprise the longest series of
new types in our history. 42 years worth appear in circulation.
They were mostly ignored except for the '32-D and '32-S until the states coins were released in
1999. It's also ironic that the first year of issue contained the last small production runs for US
coins. When a coin dealer inquired about buying the entire production of '31 San Francisco mint
cents the mint instituted a policy of not making small mint runs.
Many of these are still taken for granted. These are likely to be quite popular at some point in
the future.
Today the question many have is what's next? Will these designs get caught up in sweeping
changes in coinage uses and designs or will Artistic Infusion Program sidestep these?
What does the future hold for these coins and the design?
They've been struck at four mints in three metallic compositions. They've been struck twice with
out mint marks and their composition has changed repeatedly. They were struck for 32 years
in silver and then 33 years in cu/ni clad for circulation. They now comprise the longest series of
new types in our history. 42 years worth appear in circulation.
They were mostly ignored except for the '32-D and '32-S until the states coins were released in
1999. It's also ironic that the first year of issue contained the last small production runs for US
coins. When a coin dealer inquired about buying the entire production of '31 San Francisco mint
cents the mint instituted a policy of not making small mint runs.
Many of these are still taken for granted. These are likely to be quite popular at some point in
the future.
Today the question many have is what's next? Will these designs get caught up in sweeping
changes in coinage uses and designs or will Artistic Infusion Program sidestep these?
What does the future hold for these coins and the design?
Tempus fugit.
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I remember thinking the Seated series lasted forever; those dimes ran for 55 years with the same basic design. That ain't spit compared to what politicization of our money has led us to now. All four of the primary circulating denominations are at least 60 now.
cents the mint instituted a policy of not making small mint runs."
Interesting! I know the Mint intentionally increased the mintage of the 1931-S nickel from a few tens of thousands to 1,200,000 but I didn't kinow the story on the cent!
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
<< <i>They've been struck at four mints in three metallic compositions. >>
Four mints?
It took me a bit to grok the three metallic compositions...
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<< <i>They've been struck at four mints in three metallic compositions. >>
Four mints?
It took me a bit to grok the three metallic compositions... >>
They were struck at West Point during the late '70's without mintmarks.
<< <i>They were struck at West Point during the late '70's without mintmarks. >>
Ah, another one of those. I always figured that there must be some diagnostic to distinguish mintmarkless Ps from Ws. With the amount of detail folk look at Morgans, Bust halves, and the like, you'd think somebody'd happen upon some telltale fleck of metal.