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The 1884 and 1885 Trade dollars are not coins in a legal sense. They are medals struck with coin dies. To be a coin in either of those years requires a warrant signed by the superintendent of the Phi… (View Post)

A well written and useful summary of the Mott token. (View Post)

The 1854 half cents were delivered by the chief coiner to the mint treasurer on January 7. These were struck from planchets prepared by Crocker Brothers and delivered at the Mint on October 1, 1853. … (View Post)

Unfortunately SH is not taking into consideration that school awards were usually privately funded in the 19th century and this may well be true even today in certain circumstances. A counter-stamped… (View Post)

Mint correspondence for this period of time is reasonably complete and the counter-stamped quarters are not mentioned, directly or indirectly. It may therefore be stated with certainty that the count… (View Post)