circulating commemorative coins
when I was a kid (more than 45 years ago) I got an 1892 columbian expo in circulation... it was change at the candy store I went to on lunch breaks.
it was well circulated, probably had been in commerce for many years.
so a question: what percentage of commemorative coins were released into circulation?
thanks, Alan Mendelson
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it was well circulated, probably had been in commerce for many years.
so a question: what percentage of commemorative coins were released into circulation?
thanks, Alan Mendelson
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Trying to find them uncleaned, problem free and attractively toned is very fun and challenging!
Don
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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
It was not usually done, but other series were also released for circulation. Then there is the 1952 Washington-Carver I accidentally paid the milkman with (1956).
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I spent it on a movie.
He informed me that they were released to the banks in the 50's and he pulled all the rolls that came into his bank.
This leads me to believe that some of the circ Washington Carver and BTW were more than pocket pieces.
greg
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<< <i>how about the 1848 'CAL' Quarter Eagle?? those were circulated right? of course the big question here is do you consider that a comemmorative or not?? >>
I consider them commemoratives and they definitely circulated. They can probably be considered the most important commemorative from the general public perspective. Back in the 1840s, communication was still slow (months) and the government used the CAL coins to get the news out to the east coast public that there really was gold in CA, helping accelerate the gold rush.