Serendipity of Timing

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CoinZip
CoinZip Posts: 3,257 ✭✭✭
edited March 27, 2018 7:33PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Seldom does anyone have the opertunity to handle an important piece of American History such as a document written by the hand of one of our Founding Fathers. But to have both a document written by Alexander Hamilton requesting $10,000 for copper to be struck as the first coinage in the United States as well as several of those coins in the same auction at the same time is amazing serendipitous timing. Read more...

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  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 27, 2018 7:53PM
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    Nice document, but that picture is absurd. I don't think fountain pens existed back then. They used dip pens, quill or otherwise.

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JBK ....You are correct... Quill pens were the norm then... but it would be cool to own such a document and also one of the coins. Cheers, RickO

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