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But the law stated that the Mint could not strike any silver coin until both the coiner and the assayer had posted $10,000 bonds. These bonds were later reduced to $5,000 but they were not posted until mid 1794. So until that time the mint could not legally make silver coins. So the 1792 silver Half Dimes could not be legal coins. Call them what you will, but legally they are not coins. I tend to think of them as private tokens for Jefferson. The phrasing of Washington's letter seems odd. It would be interesting to see the letter from the Director that this is replying to. I would suspect that Rittenhouse made the comment that the first silver coins to be made should be the small denominations since they would be in greatest need and Washington is agreeing. The Act authorizing the mint had already called for the Half Disme and dismes of silver (once the bonds were posted) so there would be no need for Washington to approve them or for Rittenhouse to ask for their approval. Could Rittenhouse have been asking for an "Executive Order" to override the law and allow for the production without having the bonds posted? If so I would expect Washington's reply to be more formal and clearly set forth. |
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Aggg it reminds me-- A chain or wreath or lib cap 93 are looked on so carefully--in Poor to Fair to AG3 grades-its interesting. Each coin like this will develop a character of its own. Its unique look. This coin is a great deal for $2500
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Please don't dig up these old threads. We don't like zombie threads. But what a deal.  |
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Why are we discussing a coin from two years ago?
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Warning! Zombie thread  |
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Why are we discussing a coin from two years ago?
We need to have a new emoji face on the sidebar that's a zombie. anyways someone dug up a 5+ year old post several days ago, haha. personally I think all threads 2+ years old should be autolocked after two years. |
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I think all threads 2+ years old should be autolocked after two years It should probably be after two years of inactivity, rather than two years after the start date. There are the "How far back can we go?" threads, for example, that may last more than two years. |
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Is it ok to dig up a zombie thread if it's about a Walker?  |
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I think all threads 2+ years old should be autolocked after two years I humbly disagree ... Archival information can be most helpful for researching coins, tokens, etc. While many threads contain idle chatter and simple discourse between members, there's a great deal of insight and information that can be searched, if preserved. |
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I humbly disagree ... Archival information can be most helpful for researching coins, tokens, etc. While many threads contain idle chatter and simple discourse between members, there's a great deal of insight and information that can be searched, if preserved. It would have no effect on your ability to Search and/or read them. All it would do is stop the practice of raising old threads from the dead. |
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SsuperDdave .... Thanks for that assurance. I much appreciate knowing that no information would be lost.
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notice from page 3 I sent this coin to PCGS and it came back good details damaged.the guy I sold it to cracked it out and resubmitted to PCGS and it came back ag details!! scratched.happens all to often.i see undergraded/overgraded coins in slabs fairly regularly and after my last two submissions will opt for genuine with no grade assigned in the future
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See now, we wouldn't have gotten that last bit of info if the thread had been locked.
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Why are we discussing a coin from two years ago? It probably took that long for PCGS to grade it and return the coin  I keed, I keed!   "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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