More impressive SF set: 1854 or 1870??
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If you could have one example of each minted coin from the San Francisco Mint, would you choose the year 1854 or 1870?
(this should pit gold lovers on one side and silver lovers on the other)
(this should pit gold lovers on one side and silver lovers on the other)
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bob
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<< <i>RYK, would your answer change if we assumed the 1870-S Quarter was minted and included it in our hypothetical? >>
No, I love the 54-S QE and HE, two coins that were struck for circulation and actually did circulate.
I have the 54-S $10 and $20...I'll post pics later.
Ed. S.
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Gary
What would be most impressive is the discovery and display of the cornerstone coins.
<< <i>1870. Since I already have the first CC dollar I'd like one of the first S dollars to go with it!
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<< <i>1870. Since I already have the first CC dollar I'd like one of the first S dollars to go with it!
photo by blu62vette.
bob >>
Wow, that's soooo cooooool! Hey, Mark, a dollar was a dollar in those days. Just money to be used, abused, spent and dented.
I like it!
bob
<< <i>Probably had some nice engraving. I wonder when it was "fixed". A great coin. Thanks for posting it. >>
It was 'fixed' (for the first time?) while or prior to Boyd owning the coin (sometime between 1926 and 1954). The coin appears not to have been tooled since the Boyd sale, however the pictures in that sale aren't really good enough to tell for sure. The initials were FHI, any clue on what they could mean?
Unless you left out the $3 piece, then my choice would change.
<< <i>Well, why stop at 1854 then? Don't US Assay coins count ? >>
No. They were not U.S. mint issues.
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<< <i>54 if you threw in a 48 cal for good messure >>
Why not also throw in the King of Siam proof set while were at it.
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<< <i>Well, why stop at 1854 then? Don't US Assay coins count ? >>
No. They were not U.S. mint issues. >>
I think i have read Donald Kagin assert that they do indeed count. Good enough for him, good enought for me.
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<< <i>Well, why stop at 1854 then? Don't US Assay coins count ? >>
No. They were not U.S. mint issues. >>
I think i have read Donald Kagin assert that they do indeed count. Good enough for him, good enought for me.
I also have his book. These weren't U.S. coins since they were never authorized by law. They were actually gold ingots stamped by a government official in California with weight, fineness, and value.
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