What year of coinage signifys the most important event to you?
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It could be an invention,noted death,world catastrophe,sporting event, or? In other words when looking at a particular coin does a particular event come to mind. For me it would be 1945 with the dropping of the 2 atomic bombs.
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Also 1945. My birth, important to me.
1963 when jfk was assassinated. I won't forget it
I like US history so one of my favorite years for coins is 1861 when the Civil War started.
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Probably 1964, the last year of 90% circulating silver coinage. Remember trading a silver quarter to a classmate in exchange for a new clad quarter in 1965!
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I'm with you. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say; I bet I know exactly where you were when you first heard of the shooting... You were in school, like me. I remember seeing the shocked look on all the adult teachers faces. They were turning on radio's and gathering around TV's. We were released early from school that day. Got home and experienced the same shocked look on my mom's face and all the adults in the neighborhood.
But for coinage?... 1964. When I would save my penny's, get on my bike Saturday mornings and head to the bank for a Kennedy half dollar. But I'm sure you've heard this story several times before. 🤣 🤣 😉
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I will be alone on this I am rather certain but 1814 stands out as perhaps the most important year in the history of America.
The President of the United States and members of his cabinet were hiding out in the Missouri wilderness.
EVERY major American city (including Capitol) were in the hands of the enemy and only New Orleans was left holding out ; out numbered 4 to 1.
John Adams and other reps. were negotiating a peace treaty but both sides were quietly watching for news of either an American victory or the final blow.
It always reminds me as a person how desperate things can get and how important it is to never give in or give up. Personally or otherwise. james
As far coinage itself, right now I think 1793 would be awesome. First year of coinage in the mint building. 4 different copper types. all very different.
As a collector of Latin American coins:
Mexico's 1732 first milled coins of the New Wold (machine made). Bringing the old world technology to the new world.
I would add the first year Mexico produced cob coins (1536) also to my list of important dates. I would put these ahead of the milled 1732's. I mean these truly are the first coins of the Americas (cob/milled).
i was really 4 but was getting ready to start. i asked mom what assassination meant, welcome to an education (sorta)
I was close! 🤣 You remembered that at 4 years old?.. Nice! It was 6th grade for me.
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I was born in 1964 in Denver, and that year has significance in coinage overall, including the special Dollar my Dad put away for me from the local Mint.
But 150 years earlier was far more significant in US History (at least from my perspective). I think @seatedlib3991 nailed it with the events of late 1814.
The years I most associate with the coinage I collect and the historical significance of that time lasted from 1812 until the end of 1814 (The War of 1812), and noticeably affected life in the still developing United States (and our neighbors in Canada). In that respect, I consider the Capped Bust Halves of 1812 through 1815 (which is an overdate of an 1812 die) some of the most symbolic of the series.
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I took remember the Kennedy assassination. I chose the 1945 and atomic bomb events because it ushered in the nuclear age and all it's uncertainty that it released.
Thanks for everyone's comments.
1805 and 1830.
1937.
Why those years? I assume they have some significance to you.
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1942-1943 when changes were made to the composition of the Cent and Nickel to help the war effort.
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