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JCH22JCH22 Posts: 344 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 25, 2025 8:38AM in U.S. Coin Forum

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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,990 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So very cool!

  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,644 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was Washington throwing David Rittenhouse (the first Mint Director) under the bus??

  • JCH22JCH22 Posts: 344 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 25, 2025 8:38AM

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,705 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have speculated in print that the reason why every authorized denomination was first struck with the same date, 1796, was because of Washington’s impending retirement. The feat was not repeated until 1840!

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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