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1887 Carson City U.S. Mint Crate - looks like a replica. Looks like fun though.  |
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Spanish coin used in Guam with counterstamp.  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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Spanish coin used in Guam with counterstamp. Very nice! Be sure to share that one here, too... http://goccf.com/t/126486 |
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There was a fire at the Philly Mint in 1816 that stopped production for months. No 1816 half dollars were minted. A Mint worker commemorated the mint stoppage by producing this letter punched specimen on a half dollar planchet.   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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That is very interesting. |
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Even if I've said it before, I love this thread. Every post is as beautiful as it is educational. Thanks to all who contribute.
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Thank you for your kind comments. Love this hobby.  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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I agree, this continues to be a fun an interesting thread. I do enjoy seeing the out-of-the-ordinary things you have posted. |
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Thanks jbuck! Your encouragement has kept me going throughout the entire life of this thread.   The first silver dollars-and the first silver half dollars-were delivered on the same day, October 15, 1794. Chief coiner Henry Voigt was responsible for 5,300 half dollars that day, and they apparently went into commerce as soon as they were released. The dollars were another matter. Precisely 1,758 of them were coined on the fifteenth, and they were immediately delivered to Mint Director David Rittenhouse for distribution to dignitaries as souvenirs. The VIPs were not impressed with what they saw. The dollars were struck on the largest press the mint possessed, but the machine was originally intended for cents and half dollars. The only way it had proved adequate for striking the copper pattern was by striking the piece twice. The impressions it gave with a single blow were weak, a situation not helped by the fact that the obverse die was damaged early on and had to be polished down along one part of its circumference. This resulted in its making an even weaker impression. So the new federal dollar was not a brilliant success. But it was a first-and sometimes that's success enough. 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! Your encouragement has kept me going throughout the entire life of this thread. I am glad to help, but you are doing all of the heavy lifting.   |
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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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It has been awhile since I made a contribution here in this thread and I owe you one. I got to thinking about how many gold coins were melted when FDR made the big gold coin pull in 1933. This is a post I come up with. I found this chart. A substantial amount was made into gold bars and stored at Fort Knox. LOL yeah right!  Show me the money!  While I was at it, I have posted an observation and am not exposing a conspiracy here. Just something to ponder.  Nothing new in Politics in FDR's 1933 executive order 6102 What does this executive order and this and an 8 million dollar plus gold coin have in common? An owner named William Woodin for one.  Quote:
1861 Philadelphia Mint Paquet Reverse Double Eagle
Insured for $8 million, the historic gold coin will be displayed along with the Horseneck Collection of Type I Double Eagles that includes many of the finest known coins of their kind. The Horseneck Collection is also insured for $8 million, according to Adam Crum, Vice President of Monaco Rare Coins in Newport Beach, California.
The 1861-P Paquet Reverse was privately sold by Brian Hendelson, President of Classic Coin Co. of Bridgewater, New Jersey, for an undisclosed price to Larry Lee, President of Coin and Bullion Reserves of Panama City, Florida.
Previous owners include Baltimore banker Waldo Newcomer, former US Treasury Secretary William Woodin, Egyptian King Farouk and Ambassador and Mrs. R. Henry Norweb. The short version of FDR's 1933 executive order 6102 is that FDR made owning gold coinage illegal. Later an Executive Order 6260 (issued by FDR on Aug. 28, 1933) recalled all gold coins then in circulation, except " rare and unusual" coins, which were subsequently interpreted to mean as any U.S. gold coin minted prior to 1933. As to why "rare and unusual coin" was exempted, it probably didn't hurt that William H. Woodin was FDR's secretary of the Treasury, and that the elfin man just happened to be a serious coin collector. Born in May 1868, Woodin was general superintendent of Jackson & Woodin Mfg. Co., manufacturers of railroad cars; he later became president of American Car and Foundry Co.   Woodin met FDR as a fellow trustee of the Warm Springs Foundation; they became friends, and Woodin moved to the inner circle before the 1932 presidential campaign. He was quickly confirmed as Treasury secretary, taking office a day after FDR took the presidential oath, March 5, 1933. One can only imagine the wheeling and dealing that went on when the gold coins were recalled by law and became illegal to own. A cherry pickers dream and delight I would imagine. Wouldn't you? Once again, remember, you can't take it with you when you go ... William Woodin died about a year later on May 3, 1934. Rumor has it not a dime was in his pocket when they laid him in the ground. |
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Thanks jbuck! Your encouragement has kept me going throughout the entire life of this thread. @ns, while you can safely depend on @jbuck to comment frequently, I think that you might be surprised at how many lurkers this thread attracts. I am one of them, but would like to take this opportunity to thank you again for keeping this going. That doesn't minimize the contributions of a few others (like @tng) who also contribute content periodically. It is all quite interesting to me. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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nice post TNG. didnt know you changed your username. 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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Lurker checking in. Thanks for the continuing education!
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