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morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Is there a series, a topic, or anything about U.S. coins that hasn't been discussed?
Scott
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    On this forum? Or anywhere on the planet? image Cheers, RickO
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    morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    On the U.S. coin forum Ricko.
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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,181 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Is there a series, a topic, or anything about U.S. coins that hasn't been discussed?
    Scott >>



    There's never been a hearty discussion on why the U.S. Mint still places reeding our clad coins.
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    morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<There's never been a hearty discussion on why the U.S. Mint still places reeding our clad coins. >>

    Good point, wonder why myself?
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,743 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i><<There's never been a hearty discussion on why the U.S. Mint still places reeding our clad coins. >>

    Good point, wonder why myself? >>



    Possibily to help the sight impaired distinguish between denominations of coins. Or perhaps its just tradition. Originally reeding made it difficult to shave precious metal from the edges of coins without detection.

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    keepdachangekeepdachange Posts: 1,374
    Has anyone mentioned the America the Beautiful 5 oz silver coins that the mint is producing this year yet?image
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    CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pretty much none. It's gotten to the point where most of the threads are repeats of old topics.

    Even Longacre can't think up any more interesting questions (either that, or he is on a well-deserved hiatus).
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,471 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Reeding.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I could do a series on my tokens that cover the major issues of the Civil War and other periods, but those topics could get me into trouble because they are not U.S. coins.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There could be some miniscule point of interest to a few collectors that has not been raised here. Although, it is unlikely. Certainly reeding has been discussed in the past, I recall that topic being addressed a few times. No doubt, in depth analysis of VAM's, the obscure one's, has not been conducted. It would be difficult to find a topic on existing coinage that has not been addressed, with the exception of unknown varieties/errors yet to be 'discovered'. Cheers, RickO
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One topic that has probably not been discussed is the number of reeds on certain varities of 1837 half dollars. It's not a topic I want to discuss because I have enough trouble counting berries and stars let alone reeds on the edge of a coin. image
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    There are many detailed topics - edge reeding is one - that have not been discussed. Part of the reason is that a lot of information either has not been disseminated to collectors, or was last published more than a generation ago.

    (One sample topic – How were edge collars made and what are the results seen on coins?)
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    firstmintfirstmint Posts: 1,171 ✭
    19th century numismatic literature has not been actively discussed in the threads, but then again, in comparison to coins, there doesn't seem to be that much interest in the early printed history of the hobby in this country or anywhere else.

    However, this is a good thing, as it keeps the prices reasonable for those of us who do collect such things.image
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,215 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The differences between bullion ( precious metals) and 90% (numismatic coins) just might be the least discussed, which often causes the most disgust. (as the general populace doesn't understand)

    Not that I wish to discuss it image I'm just sayin'
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    scottgardenerscottgardener Posts: 1,205 ✭
    We haven't yet talked about the effect lycanthropy will have on the price of silver in 2013. It will skyrocket in December 2012 and early 2013 when werewolves go public, but it'll drop again when people realize that werewolves first aren't actually that violent, and second can be killed by ordinary bullets, and that they have no real aversion to silver. I don't think we covered that one yet.
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The fact that oreo cookies have dentils was discussed. I think that was the last missing topic.
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