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Bedrock of the Community
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Dear Mr B. Max Mehl, Please find a check enclosed in the amount of $125.00 for the 1851 Augustus Humbert Octagonal $50.00 gold coin.  Quote:
The above coins are seldom offered for sale and are a very good investment as they are constantly advancing in prices.  |
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Quote: Those are mostly Presidential dollars. Apparently a very unpopular series that no one wants. They are the 21st century's Morgan dollars. Very few people actually "want" quarters, dimes, or nickels either, they just need them for commerce. They will need those one dollar coins, too, if they have no other option. Quit printing the one dollar note and they will circulate.  Quote:
You asked around about coin dealers and wrote them a letter. Maybe send a telegraph or call on the phone. Dealer would send you a price list of their goods on offer. Nice example.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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In case you are wondering what $80 million in a U.S. Treasury vault looked like in 1914... The package marked '500' contains 4,000 $500 gold certificates or $2,000,000. The top one in the middle column says 4,000 $10,000 gold certificates or $40,000,000. The one below it says 2,000 $10,000 gold certificates or $20,000,000. Most of the value is in the middle column.  Both in U.S. Gold certificates.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
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United States
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Yike, looks like your link kinda broke, numismatic_student.
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I fixed it. The filename for the image had a digit sequence that matched an ebay auction ID.  For what it is worth, all are advised to change their image filenames to something simpler and more descriptive. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks jbuck! I don't know why that was happening. It happens when I use my phone to post. Signagraph Machine in Use at TreasuryThe "Signagraph" was designed to be an office labor saving device as it allowed the user to sign five, ten or twenty checks at a time. The connected pen armature follows the motion of the hand of the user on one of the pens and signs multiple documents at the same time. Frank Thiel, Assistant Treasurer was featured in a newsletter using a Signagraph to sign a series of checks that moved along a conveyer platform. The article claims Thiel could sign 100 checks in 54 seconds and what used to take a full day of check signing could be done in half an hour.   IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Thanks jbuck! I don't know why that was happening. It happens when I use my phone to post. That makes senses. The filename looked like it was a temp file, probably how it was processing it for upload. |
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United States
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One of my favorite images from the last color plate of Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents. I would think about this picture when metal detecting around old abandonded farm houses, digging up an old sealed jar...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I do believe anyone interested in classic commemorative US coins might overlook the link US Commemorative History that is right under our nose. You can see them in the column on the left of most every page here on CCF in the US coins & Currency section with the red banner. Nice images too. https://www.coincommunity.com/comme...e_histories/ Image Courtesy of Coin Community Members on ebayThere is another for US Coins too. https://www.coincommunity.com/coin_histories/ Image Courtesy of Heritage Auctions on ebay It's like a thick hardcover book in there, full of very interesting reading, history and even some tips on certain issues and where to look for wear on coins that may be slightly circulated. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank for your contributions. I always thought the Texas commemorative was way too busy, trying to cram all of Texas history onto a tiny coin. The design, however is starting to grow on me. I have no ties to the great state.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Michener's colonial coin conversion table  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Norman Rockwell's "The Collector"  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I know the feel...  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That is one funny cartoon there Num Stud!  There's no reason why I should copy and paste info on this Big Canada Nickel when you can read it on Wiki here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_NickelI am a fan of Canadian Nickels. I collect them each year. I would like to add this 30 ft coin to my collection but may have to settle for a 41 mm Medal instead.  This I will copy tho ... credit to Sudbury Living Magazine  Where does one hide big coins like these. There are or were other's but where are they? In addition to the Big Nickel, Sudbury once had a big penny. Its whereabouts remain a mystery. The Big Nickel celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2009. The idea belongs to Ted Szilva. He suggested a coin park as a Centennial project when Canada celebrated its 100th birthday. The idea didn't receive official sanction or support. Szilva and a handful of volunteers worked to raise the money for the project. (Szilva recently received an honorary degree from Laurentian University.) The Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, which was located where Dynamic Earth is today, originally featured a Big Penny, an American silver John F. Kennedy 50-cent piece, and other giant coins such as the $20 gold coin. The Big Nickel is the 1951 Canadian nickel, which was minted to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the isolation of nickel as a metal, as well as to show the source of Sudbury's wealth. The park was officially opened on July 27, 1964. The opening was attended by a crowd of 1,500 family, friends, dignitaries and local residents. Only the Big Nickel survives. What happened to the other coins remains a mystery. |
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