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Prime number set?

I'm not much of a math guy, but the idea struck me today of assembling a set of US coins, either just one piece from each year, or (if ambitious) multiple pieces or a full set from each year, of all the prime number dates starting with 1783. It actually works out to be a pretty interesting set of years:

1783, 1787, 1789, 1801, 1811, 1823, 1831, 1847, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2011

Does anyone know of anyone who's had a similar idea?

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  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,311 ✭✭✭✭
    showoff!




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  • sniocsusniocsu Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭
    Wow stealer. You beat me to the link
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,862 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I never heard of anyone doing such a set and I think it's a strange criteria to use for collect coins.

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  • LochNESSLochNESS Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭
    Major déjà vu.
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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Surely a greater challenge than a set based on the Fibonacci series. imageimageimage
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,313 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm not much of a math guy, but the idea struck me today of assembling a set of US coins, either just one piece from each year, or (if ambitious) multiple pieces or a full set from each year, of all the prime number dates starting with 1783. It actually works out to be a pretty interesting set of years:

    1783, 1787, 1789, 1801, 1811, 1823, 1831, 1847, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2011

    Does anyone know of anyone who's had a similar idea? >>


    Yes. Yes, I do. image ----------------------------------------------------------V
  • halfcentmanhalfcentman Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm not much of a math guy, but the idea struck me today of assembling a set of US coins, either just one piece from each year, or (if ambitious) multiple pieces or a full set from each year, of all the prime number dates starting with 1783. It actually works out to be a pretty interesting set of years:

    1783, 1787, 1789, 1801, 1811, 1823, 1831, 1847, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889, 1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2011

    Does anyone know of anyone who's had a similar idea? >>



    Being a math person, this is an AWESOME idea.
  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like someone beat you to the punch! >>



    Wow. I swear I hadn't seen that thread!

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