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1870-s is another of those years imo, probably because there are a few denominations that are gone

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  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,462 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    Sure would be nice if one of those 1870-S Quarters we know that they struck would turn up.

    THAT would be a BIG discovery!

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,171 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Funny thing about 1870-S coins. I have held the 1870-S Half Dime and $3 not in slabs, and yet I have never handled an 1870-S Silver Dollar.

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  • TypekatTypekat Posts: 383 ✭✭✭✭
    edited October 13, 2024 1:21PM

    If you like big heavy coins, the SF Mint cranked out 982,000 $20 gold Liberties that year, and in XF or AU they trade for a very reasonable premium over melt.

    30+ years coin shop experience (ret.) Coins, bullion, currency, scrap & interesting folks. Loved every minute!

  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 950 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Certainly the most intriguing year in the history of the San Francisco Mint. I wrote an essay on that year's production some years ago, though not knowing what I know now I did dip into fantasy and imaginative thinking.

    Just a note, however, not more than a week after the cornerstone was laid did a ship sail from San Francisco and was never heard from again.

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  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @The_Dinosaur_Man said:
    Certainly the most intriguing year in the history of the San Francisco Mint. I wrote an essay on that year's production some years ago, though not knowing what I know now I did dip into fantasy and imaginative thinking.

    Just a note, however, not more than a week after the cornerstone was laid did a ship sail from San Francisco and was never heard from again.

    Cremorne?

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,344 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    Funny thing about 1870-S coins. I have held the 1870-S Half Dime and $3 not in slabs, and yet I have never handled an 1870-S Silver Dollar.

    Hopefully one day 🙂

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  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Without fail, every time I post multiple pictures the reverse ends up first. EVERY. TIME. 😡

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  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 950 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PeakRarities said:

    @The_Dinosaur_Man said:
    Certainly the most intriguing year in the history of the San Francisco Mint. I wrote an essay on that year's production some years ago, though not knowing what I know now I did dip into fantasy and imaginative thinking.

    Just a note, however, not more than a week after the cornerstone was laid did a ship sail from San Francisco and was never heard from again.

    Cremorne?

    Yup. Just had to look it all up again. The cornerstone was laid on May 25, 1870. The Cremorne set sail on June 1st, 1870, bound for Liverpool. My imagination posits that there are some lost coins on that ship.

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  • jfriedm56jfriedm56 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PeakRarities said:
    Without fail, every time I post multiple pictures the reverse ends up first. EVERY. TIME. 😡

    I hear ya! That’s why I post the pictures one at a time. It takes longer, but the sequence come out as I want.

  • tommy44tommy44 Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The only 1870-S coin I've ever had is coincidently up for grabs on GC ending October 20.

    https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1679627/1870-S-Liberty-Gold-Half-Eagle-PCGS-XF-40

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

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