Neat artifact re: 1964 Peace Dollar
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it may have been posted already but i found this letter from the treasury dept (c. 1973) very interesting regarding the peace dollars struck by the denver mint
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-Paul
A couple of them had to of escaped, don't you think?
If one was in your possession, what would you do with it?
Who would you trust?
Interesting memo!
Scott
<< <i>it may have been posted already but i found this letter from the treasury dept (c. 1973) very interesting regarding the peace dollars struck by the denver mint
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ABOUT THOSE 1933 SAINTS I THINK THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN!!
GARBAGE IS NOT PROPERTY!!
IMHO "DESTROYING" MAKES THEM GARBAGE AND IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO PICK GARBAGE!!!
(probably my brother)
Couldn't help but think of my FOIA dealings with the Mint RE: the 08/07 eagle when I read this line!
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(probably my brother)>>
i was speaking with a hobby veteran the other day regarding these and he confirmed for me that a few of the dealers in the 1970's that advertised heavily to buy these later discovered business phone lines had been tapped (big brother is listening)
some of the ads would say (paraphrasing) "Call Collect, Will Fly to You"
i have also heard a rumor that a pair of these is safe and sound in storage in France......could this be the mysterious 2 the got spent "at a bar" by a former Denver mint employee the first day they were released (prior to confiscation the next morning at the risk of job loss)
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<< <i>Very interesting; however, I thought a lot more than just "trial strikes" were produced. >>
"Trial strikes" seems easier to write than "millions of never-to-be-coins because Congress mandated their destruction since their striking had never been authorized by Congress in the first place although informally authorization had been granted by President LBJ or an underling in his name upon pressure from silver interests who not only wanted a new silver dollar production run but who knew that the pending silver shortage would be greatly exascerbated by striking millions of these silver dollars and thus their silver mines would once again be profitable and who believed that starting the production run on the QT would force Congress to go along for the ride ."
Rob
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<< <i>It took about 35 pages in the Peace dollar book to tell the story of the 1964-D dollars - how could I begin to describe it here? You'll have to wait until the book is available. >>
Please tell your publisher to shelve whatever drivel he plans to print before your book and get cracking with this one. I've been waiting all year for this to come out.
and I wanted to get them graded so bad.
Dan
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<< <i>So the two my granddaddy hide in the 3rd pine tree past the brick path next to the small stream in northern Wyoming near Yellowstone Park should stay hidden a while longer
and I wanted to get them graded so bad.
Dan >>
I will be heading south as soon as I get off work.
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The Peace dollar book has gone to the printer. Labor Day weekend was used to make final corrections. Whitman's release date is planned for Nov. 11, 2008 at 11am (90 years after the WW-I armistice).
<< <i>It took about 35 pages in the Peace dollar book to tell the story of the 1964-D dollars - how could I begin to describe it here? You'll have to wait until the book is available. >>
I want to read the whole story and will happily buy the book when it is published!
Anyone that knows a bit about Lyndon Johnson should consider the likelihood that he got at least one of these coins and didn't have to return it.
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<< <i>It took about 35 pages in the Peace dollar book to tell the story of the 1964-D dollars - how could I begin to describe it here? You'll have to wait until the book is available. >>
I want to read the whole story and will happily buy the book when it is published!
Anyone that knows a bit about Lyndon Johnson should consider the likelihood that he got at least one of these coins and didn't have to return it. >>
Lyndon Johnson was one of those presidents that believed himself a bit above the law, a lot like Nixon and Bush and Clinton. It is a non-partisan statement, some people no matter what party affiliation they are, just are a bit full of themselves.