Can it be? Grant gold commem dollar ?

topstuf

With a mintage of 10,000 total (half being star and half without) the PCGS pop report shows
2,222 with no star
2,414 with star

so.... is half of the ENTIRE mintage in PCGS slabs?

That sure SEEMS improbable. But. ??????????

Looking further into the issue, I found
http://coinsite.com/grant-centennial-gold-dollar/

The Association originally requested that the coinage consist of 200,000 gold dollars alone, with no mention of half dollars. It was the Senate’s Committee on Banking and Currency that countered with a proposal for 10,000 gold dollars and 250,000 half dollars, reluctant “to sequester so much gold.” In this form, the bill became law on February 2, 1922. Although the proceeds were intended to offset the cost of erecting monuments at Georgetown and Bethel, Ohio and to pay for a highway between New Richmond and Point Pleasant, the monuments were apparently never built. Where all the money went is unknown.

ricko

An early example of political theft......"It evaporated?"..... Cheers, RickO