Here are some coins that all have something in common and something that makes them different...

coinlieutenant · December 8, 2005 12:06PM

...and further more, why no bust half dimes?

Anybody want to guess?

BlindedByEgo · December 8, 2005 12:08PM

Um, 'cause they all gots fronts an' backs?

marmac · December 8, 2005 12:10PM

ahhhhhh they all reside in the same box

Cladiator · December 8, 2005 12:14PM

all designed by John Reich.

edited to add: Hence the no half dimes

Cladiator · December 8, 2005 12:15PM

and for what makes them different = i only desperately want one of them

jayboxx · December 8, 2005 12:20PM

Umm, all the same cause they are all halves, and all different cause they are from different years, and no half dime cause it wouldn't look right with a bunch off 50 centers...

Cladiator · December 8, 2005 12:21PM

<< <i>Umm, all the same cause they are all halves, and all different cause they are from different years, and no half dime cause it wouldn't look right with a bunch off 50 centers... >>

They're not all halves. There are quarters and dimes in there.

Bustman · December 8, 2005 12:23PM

Ahh, but they're not all halves. I say it's that they all belong to the same collection.

jayboxx · December 8, 2005 12:24PM

oops , forgive me as I am blind and dyslxeic

coinlieutenant · December 8, 2005 12:25PM

All the same because they were designed by John Reich...hence no half dimes. Good get Clad.

All different for another reason, and it is not just the dates although the dates have something to do with it.

J

Cladiator · December 8, 2005 12:29PM

Ok I changed my mind. I want two of them...that '08 is calling me

jayboxx · December 8, 2005 12:32PM

WAG: Presidential terms?

Bustman · December 8, 2005 12:37PM

Dates that states entered the Union?

coinlieutenant · December 8, 2005 12:46PM

Jayfoxx...nope...and John....nope.

Althought that might be true about the states.

coinlieutenant · December 8, 2005 2:53PM

Anyone on the different aspect?

jayboxx · December 8, 2005 3:19PM

Sir, this recruit has no friggin idea, Sir!!

BlindedByEgo · December 8, 2005 3:26PM

Large dates/ small dates?

I'm running out of bad guesses.

granddad · December 8, 2005 3:37PM

OT, but that chimp is left handed but right eye dominant.

Have a Great Day!
Louis

jayboxx · December 8, 2005 3:40PM

Yeah, he isn't a very good shot but whadda going to do, he's a chimp.

BECOKA · December 8, 2005 4:14PM

All different because each date has a different serif or size or combination. Looks like the 8 is definately different on every one.

BECOKA · December 8, 2005 4:16PM

All different because none of the stars match.

jayboxx · December 9, 2005 3:42AM

I like Becoka's answer (the first one)

Bustman · December 9, 2005 3:55AM

Miss Liberty's portrait is slightly different on each coin.

slumlord98 · December 9, 2005 3:59AM

Mr. Coinlieutenant,

How is it possible that the 1831 quarter was designed by Reich? And that 1832 dime and 1834 half? Aren't these more properly credited to Kneass?

eyoung429 · December 9, 2005 5:56AM

They are all round and shiney?

eyoung429 · December 9, 2005 5:57AM

Oh wait, I know the answer.... the differences are you own them and I don't!!!!!

coinlieutenant · December 9, 2005 7:08AM

SL,

I was under the impression that all were Reich's designs...am I wrong.

They are all different in that each is a major or minor design change.

For the dimes and quarters, large and small size, for the halves, minor design changes.

John

slumlord98 · December 9, 2005 7:44AM

I know nothing about dimes, but it looks like the work of Kneass. The small size quarter debuted in 1831, years after Reich's departure. It was based on Reich's earlier design. In 1834, the half dollar master die was redesigned by Kneass, but not all 34s feature it. O.101-104 feature the design of 1833 with large letters and date. O.104-108 feature the old obverse with large date and the new small letter punch. 109, 110, and 116 all use the 1833 master die, but with small date. O.110 was struck in 1836, proven in Don Gunnet's and Ivan Leaman's landmark study of edge dies. This paper was published in the ANS's Coinage of the Americas Conference in 1987, which featured papers on silver coinage. O.111 uses the new design, the so-called Child's Head. Then came O.113 and 114, the Abominable Bustards (censor made me do it). These represent the first attempt by the mint to hub the entire design. And the rest...

Overton is NOT simply a die variety manual. It is a must read for anyone with more than a passing interest in the coinage. The COAC book is available from Stacks and is often available on ebay.

Cladiator · December 9, 2005 7:51AM

The half dimes were done by Kneass and based on Reich.

The dimes were Reich until 1827. Post 1827 was Kneass based on Reich's original.

The quarters were Reich up to 1828. 1831 and after was Kneass based on Reich's original.

The Half Dollars were Reich and then Kneass into 1836. Some 1836 and all after were Gobrecht.

coinlieutenant · December 9, 2005 7:54AM

As always SL, you are a wealth of knowledge...and as in life, hardly anything is cut and dry.

Bustman · December 9, 2005 8:52AM

John, Which coin do I win for getting the right answer?

coinlieutenant · December 9, 2005 9:20AM

John,

I'll send my icon coin as soon as I find a better AU58.

J

Cladiator · December 9, 2005 10:57AM

<< <i>John,

I'll send my icon coin as soon as I find a better AU58.

J >>

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