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Musings from 1891 American Journal of Numismatics, End of the Trade Dollar and more....

coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,757 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Strolling through the Journel online tonight... Researching a few things.
I ran upon many very cool stories but these stuck out to me and thought I would share image




A few pages from the 1891 Issue

The End of Trade Dollars and How Silver is prepared for Coining



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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very interesting reading.
    Thanks.

    "If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting reading....thanks Stef....Cheers, RickO
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Note the demand for fractional silver which no doubt spurred the creation of the new Barber designs.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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