1924-P Mint set - cent through gold
RogerB
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Here's an example of how a set of 1924 coins appeared on the Philadelphia Mint's Cashier's report. This is for December 19, 1924 and the set was almost certainly a gift for someone or for a bank's coinage display. This is a detail from the legal-size report page.
[RG104 entry 330 box 2]
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Wow, that's neat, wished prices were like that today !!!
So, I'm assuming those half dollars are from another year, because I don't believe there were any 1924-dated half dollars...
Commems?
I wonder why two nickels and five cents?
As i understand it, the buyer got the current year coins if they had been made by the time of order, otherwise they were of the next closest date. Some other instances have just one half dollar or several quarters or more cents. We can only presume a single order when there might have been multiple.
The Treasurer of the US handled these orders, and I have located only a tiny part of them relating to late 1920s-early 1930s gold.
"five cents?" Maybe to make adding easier or buyer's choice? -- but elsewhere in the same report exact figures are used.
Interesting... and sometimes these tabulations raise more questions....Cheers, RickO
I am not understanding the numbers here. What are the column headings? Is that $20,000.25 in quarters? Is the $42.50 a "total"? The numbers don't seem to add up to that. Appreciate any comments; just trying to understand.
Jim
The rows are in dollars and cents, and labeled by category of money at left. The table reports amounts for each denomination, so they are not added at this point. Only the full table includes totals.
"Is that $20,000.25 in quarters?" - Yes.
"S.S. Dols" = Standard Silver Dollars
I wonder what the $37.50 in gold was? The only gold denomination struck in 1924 was the $20.
1 of each denomination available, even if not made in 1924. So the set would have included new coins from a mix of years. Remember that the Philadelphia Cashier had control over all coins, including assay pieces, that were not bagged. Only complete bags were put into storage vaults.
Here's an example for 1924 double eagles. Notice the resolution of Annual Assay coins among others.
As of December 19, 1924, the Cashier could have had as many as 122 DE dated 1924, plus other denominations from prior years in his cash vault.
See complete Cashier’s Daily Statement – Sample post for extra details.