US enters World War 1 - 100 years ago (April 6, 1917) -- Post a coin from 1917
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On April 6, 1917, the US Congress declared war on Germany, entering the US into World War 1.
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It was actually "The Great War" that the US entered.
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
This was the year my father was born. I got a type I set of 1917 SLQs from all three mints for this reason. No pics.
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RARE 1917 BUFFALO NICKEL WITH DIE BREAK NEAR L IN LIBERTY FROM RIM DOWN INTO FIELD
EXTREMELY RARE. MENTIONED IN BREEN’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U S COINS.
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I know I have some Buffs.... and a few Wheaties.... not sure if I have any other 1917 coins....Cheers, RickO
A lot of errors get made during war years (more so than in peace time.)
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What a viscerally horrible, civilization changing catastrophe that war was! It was fortunate the U.S. missed most of it.
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Here is one of the first coins I pushed into the Whitman cent follder I received for Christmas in 1959. It's my symbolic "first coin."
Here's one of mine. Germany was already well into using Aluminum, Zinc, and Iron on their minor coins by then.
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nice coin all.
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And 100 years to the day we flirt with ww3
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