1936, The Golden Year for Commemoratives
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Perfect box of 20.
Any pics?
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New to the game. The artistry on some is inspirational, others, rather mundane or just plain dull. This is a new found collecting interest for me for fun, not profit.
Im not an old holder collector but if I were ever to attempt an OGH or rattler set it would be these, I know a collector that has a doily/cac set thats pretty badass. No matter what generation holder you choose, I would stick to a matched set for continuity to make it a bit of a challenge.
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Here are the first ten on your list of the hits of 1936:
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Commems and Early Type
Commems and Early Type
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That's a nice subset! All, except the Cincinnati and Gettysburg, can be bought for under $500 in MS66.
Excess run amok. How, in the midst of an economic depression and double digit unemployment , could so many commemorative coins be issued. Small wonder it would soon die and not be resurrected for thirty years. Of course, in living testimony that mankind never learns, the same largess and greed infected the program when it resumed in the 1980s and 1990s, requiring congressional action to put a lid on it. Commemoratives should only be for topics, events of national importance. The vast majority of 1936 issues were anything but that.
I will admit to owning three classic commemoratives, including this one from 1936:
Not the best pictures but you get the idea.
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I’ve paired a number of these with commemorative stamps. Makes a nice display.
I'm sure there is a '36 in there somewhere:
PS - I have added several more gold CAC's since the picture was taken. I only need the Alabama, Missouri and Sesqui halves now.....
Tim
While you might consider 1936 "The Golden Year for Commemoratives" it might better be described as "The Year That Killed the Golden Goose" that was the initial commemorative coin program. It marks the beginning of the end.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
My three most valuable...
Not everyone understood the assignment.
In my quest to photograph one example each of every circulation-quality coin, I only need to find six more commemoratives from that year.
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@The_Dinosaur_Man - That is sweet! Really nice!
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First, some notes:
1. The list above leaves out Bay Bridge.
2. Since my Commems are a DATE TYPE set, I’m showing only 17 from 1936, as my Arkansas, Oregon, San Diego and Texas in the list are from other years.
3. My Gettysburg True View is MS66 w/CAC.
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
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36 was an election year.
I can contribute a 1936-D Rhode Island, PCGS says it's MS 67.
Darn, well, there goes the "perfect box of 20" Lol.
Oops! How about this one:
Revisiting this thread for a moment. I was thinking about how to achieve a "perfect" box of 20.
You could parse it down to the Philly issues only, which is 19 of the 21 different commems. It would exclude Bay Bridge (SF only) and San Diego (Denver only). Then add the regular issue Walker and you get the 20 different Philly halves for the year.
I only have the obverse photo handy for this 1936 Commem. This is from my Rattler/CAC only set that I am working on. It is the first one that I purchased for the set.
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$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Shouldn’t it be the Silver year? No gold commemoratives in the golden year of commemoratives?
Things that really don’t matter but makes me go hmmm.