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"Non-Sensible Legal Tender"
CaptHenway
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Was having dinner with Ken Bressett tonight and we were talking about where and how the Redbook should list the 2016 gold Mercury Dime, Standing Liberty Quarter and Walking Liberty Half Dollar pieces.
I suggested that the Redbook create a new chapter to be called "Folderol" to include these pieces, the 2014 gold Kennedy and the 2015 gold Liberty. On the spot he countered, perhaps a bit tongue in cheek, "How about a chapter called Non-Sensible Legal Tender?"
I asked, and he said that I can quote him.
I suggested that the Redbook create a new chapter to be called "Folderol" to include these pieces, the 2014 gold Kennedy and the 2015 gold Liberty. On the spot he countered, perhaps a bit tongue in cheek, "How about a chapter called Non-Sensible Legal Tender?"
I asked, and he said that I can quote him.
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"How about a chapter called Non-Sensible Legal Tender?"
Nice term. We can include proofs and many classic commems there as well.
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Does the 20-cent piece count as a Sensible or Non-Sensible denomination?
20 cents seems outright pedestrian compared to these two different but oddly related tokens:
- 4 1/6 cents
- 6 1/4 cents
Anyone know the reasons for these denominations?
Does the 20-cent piece count as a Sensible or Non-Sensible denomination?
20 cents seems outright pedestrian compared to these two different but oddly related tokens:
- 4 1/6 cents
- 6 1/4 cents
Anyone know the reasons for these denominations?
After thinking about it, these are 1/4 and 1/6 of a quarter. I like Alaska 12 1/2 cent pieces so I should have thought of this. Now I'll need to look for the following:
- 3 1/8 cents
- 8 1/3 cents
Either that or nonsensical .....same difference.
Perhaps he said "nonsensical." I am getting a little hard of hearing in my old age.
involved....Cheers, RickO
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