Post a Favorite First-Year-of-Issue!
GeorgeKellogg
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Here is one to get the ball rolling: the first Morgan dollar issued at the Carson City Mint. This piece is from the Amon G. Carter Collection, the famous Texan from Ft. Worth. BTW, this particular coin is one of the "Top 100" VAMs (Lines in the Eagle's Wing). The photography is courtesy of BluCC.
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SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
<< <i>I bet this particular coin and date gets posted a few times.
Mike >>
It's my favorite. Here's the "D" version:
-- Cardinal
Portraits of Liberty Large Cents
Jim
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Mike
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Lance.
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
1793, the first year of the Liberty Cap cent, with beaded border:
1794, the first year of the Liberty Cap cent with denticulated border:
1808, the first year of the Classic Head cent:
1816, the first year of the Matron Head cent:
1835, the first year of the Gobrecht Head cent:
(These are often classified with the Matron Head "Middle Date" cents, but copper gurus say the middle dates end with the 1835 Matron Heads, and the "Late Date" cents don't start until the 1843 "Mature Head" Braided Hair cents. Those inbetween are Gobrecht's transitional cents.)
1839, the first year of the Petite Head Braided Hair cents:
1843, the first year of the Mature Head Braided Hair cents:
--Cardinal
Portraits of Liberty large cents
<< <i>I absolutely love viewing Cardinal's coins, just knowing that they will be left alone and not ever messed with, cared for like no other, and shown to the appreciating public is so worthwhile and extremely gratifying! >>
Thanks Realone! Have you had the opportunity to attend a show when the set was on display? It would be my pleasure to give you a guided tour at the next display.
--Cardinal
<< <i>Thanks Lance! Here are a few more for you.
1793, the first year of the Liberty Cap cent, with beaded border:
--Cardinal >>
Crap. I probably won't sleep tonight. Too much adrenaline.
Lance.
Greg
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
Here, I'll fix that:
Empty Nest Collection
Matt’s Mattes
The name is LEE!
A couple of mine to add...
AB
Need more gold.
1849 was an interesting year in the small, Georgia town of Dahlonega, as many miners had packed up and headed west, to the more lucrative California gold fields. Dahlonega Mint Assayer, Matthew Stephenson, tried to discourage this practice, pointing to the local outcroppings and saying, "There's millions in it." Mark Twain later embellished Stephenson's remark: "Thar's gold in them thar hills."
The photography is courtesy of BluCC.
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I'm not a fan of Liberty Nickels, but I love the color on this one.