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Pillar of the Community
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There were no escapes of the 1921 fifty cent coins. Simply put if you so desired you could get one if you visited the mint or asked to purchase one . There was simply no demand for fifty cent coins. It is curious though the majority of the known 1921 halves are in very low grade meaning they circulated for a long period of time or are AU or better. A Fine 15 to EF45 coin is virtually unknown to the numismatic community. The figure of total 1921 survivors is 75 or so according to Charlton. There are probably still a few unknown pieces and of course some that circulated to the point of being dateless. The story of the 1921 fifty cent coins is far less a mystery than that of the 36 dot coins.
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"So my question remains - where did these mint numbers come from?"[kbbpll]
The Mint Report does not reflect the figures Charlton has in their pages.
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Charltons over active imagination. ...  Now look who's calling the kettle black..... I do love it,..and please don't stop...  |
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The sad part is ......................the discussion of the story of the 1936 Dot Coinage is fascinating and could use some serious research.
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Its obvious bellmaker is not getting the answers he's looking for here at CCF or written in any book anywhere. It would take a lot more than just searching the internet for the answers your looking for bellmaker. RCM is going to have some secrets just like any other large company, we may one day find out the real story or maybe never. For me its not enough to worry about, all our history is tainted with hearsay so why start with the DOT? Personally I wouldnt be surprised if there was a ton of 1936 dot coins in some vault somewhere and we may never know..  |
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I do know that I won't be around to find out,..and I'm perfectly OK with that...
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Thanks SPP, I forgot I have previously posted on his threads. Nothing more frustrating than trying to engage with someone who won't pitch in to help solve the problem.
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Is there a dot on the 10 cent shown at the beginning of this thread? Answer: YES Does the 10 cent shown at the beginning of this thread have 1936 as the date on the coin? Answer: YES Have collectors found tangible examples of the 10 cent shown at the beginning of this thread in circulated and uncirculated conditions? Answer: YES Did the Royal Canadian Mint produce the 1936 10 cent coin with a dot that is shown at the beginning of this thread? Answer: YES |
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What makes you think it is a "dot" and not a die chip? Prove your thesis.
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pacificoin: Just some superb posts.Thank you for sharing your
knowledge on the subject.I agree with your theory for a number
of reasons.One being that all the coins can be attributed to
former mint employees or their heirs.
I recall a Specimen 1936 Dot ten cent piece that surfaced in
2000 and it was sold by a former mint employee.
Everest
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What makes you think it is a "dot" and not a die chip? Could be time for another "poll"..?  Quote:Did the Royal Canadian Mint produce the 1936 10 cent coin with a dot that is shown at the beginning of this thread? Seeing as the word "produce" is used in the above phrase,..my vote would be no ...when looking at the posted pics in this thread.. I suspect that you also mean "intentionally produced" ..by the RCM... . . Edited by DEVLEC
12/29/2014 4:37 pm
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Many thanks for the support Everest. Fascinating subject with very little REAL discourse and research from the OP, sad really!
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I agree on only one point...
Pacific has been very enlightening and I'm very glad to have read this thread ... lots has been learned.. thanks pac
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'What makes you think it is a "dot"'[SPP-Ottawa]
My own eyes tell me it is a dot.
Everyone I have ever shown an example to, related to the hobby and not related to the hobby have stated it is a dot.
The dot on the coin reflects the dictionary definition of the word; DOT.
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Dot , die pit, whatever you wish to call it Bellmaker what is your point? The coin is a minor die pit that happens to be on a 1936 regular issue ten cents and absolutely nothing more than that. Another diagnostic of this particular minor variety( that is all it is )is there is also a die break at the upper leaves of all the better condition ones I have examined. This die break is a diagnostic and gets progressively heavier as the die further breaks down. Also with your so called dot here, it is not perfectly round and machined in appearance as the real Specimen purpose made dot coins that were back doored in the late 1930's. Rather it is more blob like in appearance.
Next thing you will be telling us all is that the 1951 Short Water Lines Silver dollar with the dot in field in front of the Canoe (old Zoell variety as well, now Charlton rev#6, also once known as the North Star Variety),shows that time was getting short for the Kings life (thus the short lines) and that GOD was calling him home soon (the dot in the field being a star in the heavens).
Dean ,quit playing word games and arguing semantics with SPP and do some REAL numismatic research on this subject as others have .
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