It is Women's Equality Day. Post some coins or medals honoring women throughout history.

Goldminers · August 26, 2021 9:19AM

1630Boston · August 26, 2021 9:30AM

Eva Adams (left) with the author (standing next to her) at the 1975 NASC convention, which drew 2,200 guests and visitors over four days.
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Eva Adams, U.S. Mint Director, 1961-1969
By Dr. Sol Taylor

Eva Adams had an established political track record well before being picked by President Kennedy in 1961 as director of the United States Mint.

Adams (1910-1991) ran Nevada Sen. Patrick McCarran's office for several years. Regarded an efficiency expert, she was called upon to train the staffs of other senators. Her experience as a librarian at Las Vegas High School enabled her to transfer that skill into practical use.

After McCarran died in 1954, Adams stayed on to serve his next two successors, Ernest Brown and Alan Bible. Bible sought to have her advance and suggested to president Kennedy that she be named to the post of director of the U.S. Mint for her experience in coinage (her family background was in mining).

Adams quickly adapted to her role and was immediately involved in the American Numismatic Association and other hobby organizations. She was mistress of ceremonies at the Numismatic Association of Southern California in February 1975, where she presented me with the incoming president's gavel and handed out various other awards. She was a regular speaker, award recipient, guest and entertainer at the Numismatic Literary Guild's annual Bash. She even visited many coin clubs as a speaker and honored guest.

During her tenure, Adams oversaw a dramatic change in our coinage. Silver had become too expensive for coinage, and the Mint created a new metallic substitute for the dimes, quarters and half dollars. Known simply as "clad" coinage, it was a copper core with a copper-nickel alloy coating. It was also called "sandwich" coinage.

The changeover occurred in 1965 after a couple years of experiments and congressional hearings. She pressed to have silver included in the new clads but was overruled.
In order to be sure that these new clad coins were machine-friendly, she took a few blanks to Nevada and tested them in the slot machines. They worked.

Half dollars of 1965-1970 retained some silver. They had a silver layer which gave them a 40 percent silver content overall. In 1971, the half dollars also became "clad" like the dimes and quarters.
A year earlier, in 1964, Adams approved and put into production the new Kennedy half dollars. This bypassed the usual 25-year rule for replacing older coinage; the Franklin half dollar design was in use only from 1948-1963, well short of the normal 25 years.

Also in 1964, Adams and the Treasury Department agreed to sell off the government's surplus hoard of more than three million silver dollars that had been stacked in the Treasury vaults well back to the last century. Although not a Mint function, this coinage release created considerable interest in American coinage and coin collecting, as many scarce and even rare silver dollars came to light after decades in the dark.

To counteract a shortage of cents in the mid 1960s, the Mint stopped adding mintmarks to them; all cents minted in 1965, 1966 and 1967 were without mintmarks, as were the other coins. The theory was that mintmarked coins encouraged hoarding by speculators, collectors and plain hoarders. Also, no proof sets were issued in 1965, 1966 or 1967 — another monetary loss for the Mint as a good revenue source.

By 1968, proof set production resumed, and mintmarks once again were added to coins manufactured in Denver and San Francisco.

BuffaloIronTail · August 26, 2021 10:05AM

Columbia Pictures logo. 1924-27

Pete

Goldbully · August 26, 2021 10:10AM

Looks like I’ll be first on this one.

bronzemat · August 26, 2021 10:25AM

Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603 A.D.)
AR Shilling
O: (key) ELIZAB’· D’· G’· ANG’· FR’· ET : HIB’· REGI, crowned and mantled bust left (bust 6B).
R: (key) POSVI DEV’· AD IVTORE M · MEV’·, coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée.
Sixth coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: key. Struck 1595-1598 AD
31mm
5.81g
North 2014; SCBC 2577

Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901)
AR British Crown
O: Crowned and veiled (Jubilee) bust left.
R: St. George on horseback right, slaying dragon.
28.18g
39mm
KM#765

This Roman ladies history could be an HBO Mini-Series

Julia Maesa (218 - 225 A.D.)
AR Antoninianus
O: IVLIA MAESA AVG, Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set on crescent.
R: PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing facing, head left, extending hand and holding acerrum; lighted and garlanded altar to lower left.
Rome Mint
23mm
4.58g
RIC IV(part 2), pg 50, #264 (Elagabalus).

ctf_error_coins · August 26, 2021 10:29AM

ricko · August 26, 2021 10:30AM

A favorite of mine..... Cheers, RickO

Goldminers · August 26, 2021 12:11PM

The woman holding the laurel branch on this 1970-P US Mint commemorative medal is Hope.

ECHOES · August 26, 2021 12:16PM

1630Boston · August 26, 2021 12:17PM

I always liked that coin design @ECHOES

ECHOES · August 26, 2021 12:18PM

The one shown was a gift from my Mom...

NumisOxide · August 26, 2021 12:23PM

Mr_Spud · August 26, 2021 12:27PM

Jzyskowski1 · August 26, 2021 12:30PM

Here’s some awesome ladies 🤓🙀

Goldminers · August 26, 2021 2:27PM

@Goldbully said:
Looks like I’ll be first on this one.

Thanks for the post of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games commemorative. It gave me a reason to do some coin research on this one. A total of 351,764 proofs were sold, including 250,000 by one organization to hand out to Special Olympics athletes in 1998. Eunice Kennedy Shriver was 74 for this obverse design and was the first living woman to appear on a US coin.

In 1962, she launched a special initiative to help involve youth with intellectual disabilities in a summer day camp known as “Camp Shriver.” This evolved into the Special Olympics, an event first held at an international level in Chicago, Illinois, in July 1968. Today, the Special Olympics touches the lives of more than 4.7 million individuals across 170 countries.

In the Special Olympics, the athletes must have cognitive delays (intellectual or developmental disabilities). The age minimum is eight years old, and a majority of athletes involved with Special Olympics are children, although adults do participate, too. The Special Olympics believes in using athletics as an avenue to reach an individual person’s maximum potential. No one is excluded or left out based on their skill. All athletes are welcomed and rewarded for working hard, trying their best, and maximizing their potential. Selection for higher level competition, such as advancing from a state to a national level, may occur through a lottery type system.

Note: The Special Olympics is not the same as the Paralympic Games that are being held this week in Tokyo

More information can be found in this PCGS article.
https://www.pcgs.com/news/1995-special-olympics-dollars

Hydrant · August 26, 2021 5:20PM

In celebration, I bought The Lovely Mrs. Hydrant a brand new pair of roller skates and a long handled mop. She looks great rolling around the driveway washing the fleet. Never seen her more happy!

Goldminers · August 26, 2021 6:42PM

@Hydrant said:
In celebration, I bought The Lovely Mrs. Hydrant a brand new pair of roller skates and a long handled mop. She looks great rolling around the driveway washing the fleet. Never seen her more happy!

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Is her name Raquel?

Hydrant · August 26, 2021 6:57PM

@Goldminers said:

@Hydrant said:
In celebration, I bought The Lovely Mrs. Hydrant a brand new pair of roller skates and a long handled mop. She looks great rolling around the driveway washing the fleet. Never seen her more happy!

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Is her name Raquel?

No.

1northcoin · August 26, 2021 7:07PM

Were any of the Marines killed this morning women?

Somehow it just seems this WEQ Day should be postponed at least until tomorrow.

Adding to the inappropriateness of today's "celebration" as it was heralded by a congressional leader this morning before any mention of the lost lives is the sad reality that women in an entire nation have become much less equal in just the past week.

Jzyskowski1 · August 26, 2021 7:17PM

@1northcoin said:
Were any of the Marines killed this morning women?

Somehow it just seems this WEQ Day should be postponed at least until tomorrow.

I wish what happened today never did. 😪. We’ll find out soon enough but I have a bad feeling bombs don’t discriminate 😪
I can’t imagine it not claiming some women with all the civilians present 😪

Goldminers · August 26, 2021 8:04PM

I agree with @1northcoin that the recent events and loss of life in the world are sobering and grievous. Extra effort will be required now more than ever to strive towards a future vision where all can be free and treated equally without discrimination.

coinsarefun · August 26, 2021 11:31PM

1962 MEDAL WOMENS SUFFRAGE SUSAN B ANTHONY BRONZE MEDAL NY MEDALIC ART SCULPTOR FJELDE
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WillieBoyd2 · August 27, 2021 6:36AM

Two famous women:

Susan B. Anthony and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt

66RB · August 27, 2021 6:46AM

Hello Dolley!

asheland · August 27, 2021 10:20AM

From long ago:

Faustina sr:

And her daughter, Faustina junior:

PerryHall · August 27, 2021 10:32AM

@coinsarefun said:
1862 MEDAL WOMENS SUFFRAGE SUSAN B ANTHONY BRONZE MEDAL NY MEDALIC ART SCULPTOR FJELDE
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Did you mean 1962?

coinsarefun · August 27, 2021 11:51AM

@PerryHall said:

@coinsarefun said:
1862 MEDAL WOMENS SUFFRAGE SUSAN B ANTHONY BRONZE MEDAL NY MEDALIC ART SCULPTOR FJELDE
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Did you mean 1962?

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Well, I guess we can add dyslexia to my long list of problems, thx for catching that

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Saint Helena

d9lowe · August 27, 2021 2:40PM

jwitten · August 27, 2021 4:53PM

I'm surprised ErrorsonCoins didn't give the same message "Ever fricken time, I sure wish the mods would delete these subtile misogynistic posts when they pop up and warn the posters of such" about another user laughing at a coin posted with a woman on it. Oh wait, it's a conservative woman, she doesn't count, laugh away..

Desert Moon · August 27, 2021 5:45PM

@jwitten said:
I'm surprised ErrorsonCoins didn't give the same message "Ever fricken time, I sure wish the mods would delete these subtile misogynistic posts when they pop up and warn the posters of such" about another user laughing at a coin posted with a woman on it. Oh wait, it's a conservative woman, she doesn't count, laugh away..

totally off point, Why do you even say that?

jwitten · August 27, 2021 5:56PM

@spacehayduke said:

@jwitten said:
I'm surprised ErrorsonCoins didn't give the same message "Ever fricken time, I sure wish the mods would delete these subtile misogynistic posts when they pop up and warn the posters of such" about another user laughing at a coin posted with a woman on it. Oh wait, it's a conservative woman, she doesn't count, laugh away..

totally off point, Why do you even say that?

He said one person was misogynistic for posting a picture of a coin that most agree is not a good design, so I was asking if he thinks it’s misogynistic for another member to laugh at another coin with a woman on it. Pretty on point I think.

Goldminers · August 27, 2021 6:39PM

@bramn8r said:

That 5 pound coin Isle of Man coin is a great design. I might look around for that one.

Dreamcrusher · August 27, 2021 7:17PM

Two for one. Eleanor & Virginia Dare.

Aegis3 · August 27, 2021 9:58PM

@jwitten said:
I'm surprised ErrorsonCoins didn't give the same message "Ever fricken time, I sure wish the mods would delete these subtile misogynistic posts when they pop up and warn the posters of such" about another user laughing at a coin posted with a woman on it. Oh wait, it's a conservative woman, she doesn't count, laugh away..

Well, given that said post has been deleted (more likely) or edited since it was posted, perhaps you may think it is possible he never saw said post? I can say that I did not.

jwitten · August 27, 2021 10:29PM

@Aegis3 said:

@jwitten said:
I'm surprised ErrorsonCoins didn't give the same message "Ever fricken time, I sure wish the mods would delete these subtile misogynistic posts when they pop up and warn the posters of such" about another user laughing at a coin posted with a woman on it. Oh wait, it's a conservative woman, she doesn't count, laugh away..

Well, given that said post has been deleted (more likely) or edited since it was posted, perhaps you may think it is possible he never saw said post? I can say that I did not.

Someone clicked the LOL reaction to the Trump coin above. As much as errorsoncoins is on here, and probably does not like the trumps, I imagine he's seen it. Not a big deal really, I was just wondering if he thought that was misogynistic as well.

bramn8r · August 28, 2021 7:04AM

@Goldminers: they're not that hard to find, bountiful on eBay $200-$300 in MS70

It is Women's Equality Day. Post some coins or medals honoring women throughout history.

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