William Henry Harrison Dollars tomorrow

adamlaneus

Anyone even remotely interested?

Maybe the mint can go for some historical accuracy here and make them available for no more than 32 days.


Who is William Henry Harrison?

STONE

Who's William Henry Harrison?

Was he a President or something?

edix2001

Gotz to have at least seven rolls tomorrow for coin club meeting that night.
Pick up some cash now.
Hope they have them for me this time too. Hope they have some log cabin cents as well.

stckplunge

Yeah! The combined time spent in office of the next 4 presidents in the set was something like 9 years - compare that to 28 years for the first 4 presidents and I think 24 for presidents 5 through 8. So yeah, who are these guys?

Jeff

Silverstate

Harrison was in for only one month!

jdillane

Local banks here seem ignorant of the Prez dollars. Usually tell me no and don't seem interested in them at all.

Stopped by two banks yesterday. Neither teller was aware of the new Lincolns either!

slinc

I hear they are only minting them for 32 days

BECOKA

I remember having to memorize the presidents in grade school, this name does not ring a bell.

edited, guess I only remembered it for 32days till the test.

19Lyds

Given the current economic slow down and that fact that banks aren't even ordering cents, I would be very surprised to find ANY new presidential dollars at one of my local banks!

golfer72

I thing my son did a school report on him a few years ago.

BECOKA

<< <i>I thing my son did a school report on him a few years ago. >>



Short report?

ProofArtworkonCircs

I know of two local banks that have DC quarters. One has Harrison dollars. Both are completely ignorant of any new cents and Native American dollars.

MisterBungle

It can be argued that William Harrison was our
best President. He didn't screw up anything!!

~

DUIGUY

<< <i>Who's William Henry Harrison?

Was he a President or something? >>




From Julian, PR-7,
"The obverse of this medal is particularly interesting since a profile portrait was not used."
"The first mention of this piece in the mint records is in a letter of April 5, 1866, in which Superintendent Fox
of the Philadelphia Mint sent one of these medals to the Treasury Department; it had not yet bin placed on
public sale.
"It is relevant to note that April 4, 1866, was the forty-fifth anniversary of Harrison's death."

Engraver, George T. Morgan

wikyva

A friend of mine is one of Harrison's ancestors. So he is proud of his great great (whatever) grandfather. So ... one person is likely to be excited about this release.

tahoe98

<< <i>I hear they are only minting them for 32 days >>





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Overdate

>>"It is relevant to note that April 4, 1866, was the forty-fifth anniversary of Harrison's death."<<

Twenty-fifth, actually.


>>A friend of mine is one of Harrison's ancestors.<<

??

edix2001

I went to about 15 banks today and couldn't find a single roll.

wikyva

<< <i>>>A friend of mine is one of Harrison's ancestors.?? >>





You are right ... what I said makes no sense. I haven't even been drinking (much).

BillJones

Old William Henry Harrison's dollar is coming out tomorrow? No, I don't really care. The only William Henry Harrison stuff I like is from the era of this piece.

BillJones

<< <i>It can be argued that William Harrison was our
best President. He didn't screw up anything!!

~ >>



NOT TRUE!

He stayed out in the rain when he delivered the longest inaugural address in history. That caused him to catch a cold which became pneumonia and then die after only a month in office. As a result of his death an old Jeffersonian Democrat, John Tyler, became President. Tyler was an old line Jackson Democrat who hated banks. He vetoed the re-charger a national bank for the United States which contributed to the economic hard times that marked much of the 19th century.

John Tyler was a political imbecile. He alienated everyone around him until he reached the point of becoming a President without a party. When the Civil War broke out, his political tin ear led him south where he became the only ex-president to support the Confederacy. He was elected to a seat in the Confederate Congress before he died.