Should PCGS Designate Chain Cents as First Strike?
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Since chain cents were only minted over a 12 day span, we know all of them were minted within the first 30 days. Or did those early Americans blow it by not submitting to PCGS by March 31, 1793?
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The whole first strike blows my mind
Martin
They took them out of the shipping kegs, so no.
I think you can still submit if your chain cents are still in their original postmarked and sealed shipping boxes.
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An interesting question.... Theoretically, one could make a case for such designation. Though I doubt our hosts would go along with it.
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No.
Brett Charville --- I work at PCGS
All 1921 Peace dollars too. They were all made in a 4 day span.
They may not qualify given the First Strike definition:
They may fail for two reasons:
https://www.pcgs.com/firststrike
The whole "First Strike" thing is another piece of marketing genius.
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The first strike designation has been rendered pointless.
That's a very polite way to put it.
All Lafayette Dollars should be labeled as "First Strike" or "First Day of Issue" since they were all struck in one day (December 14, 1899).
I'm truly impressed First Strike took off, taps into the human psyche I suppose.
That doesn’t matter. The question is whether they were all issued within 30 days. If the last issued coin was issued within 30 days of the first issued coin, then they meet the date requirement.
Given the Lafayette Dollar didn’t sell out and 14,000 of them were melted later, it seems unlikely they all sold within 30 days.