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Pillar of the Community
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Coindexter, In the olden days, a U was commonly printed as a V. You can see this on a lot of old government buildings and old inscriptions on statues. Occasionally you will see a Peace dollar advertised with this "rare and valuable error," even though every Peace dollar is this way. |
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cool thanks for the info. I have someone holding onto some of them that I'm going to buy. I looked at them vary quick so I'm not sure the mints all I know is that they are in the 22+ years
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08/25/2008 3:29 pm
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In the olden days, a U was commonly printed as a V. I will also point out that this pieice of history is why the "W" is called a "double-U" not a "double-V".  |
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Very nice! Many of these are getting harder to find in higher grades. Good work!
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Thanks guys,
Both my coins have arrived and I'm happy with them...Guess I will take a picture of what I have and post it.Only one hole left!Now I think I would like to get something older,maybe a couple large cents from the early 1800'S.I know I know I won't be able to complete my collection of type II double eagles,unless I win the lottery.....Guess I need to play to win though.
As always,
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Valued Member
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Well,I'm done!The set is complete! Haven't got it in my hot little hands yet,but it looks like this: Image:  1928obv.jpg14.3 KB Image: 1928rev.jpg14.7 KB |
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Congrats on completing the set. I love the looks of the Peace dollar and you have me thinking maybe I need to start that series too.  |
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Well,I'm done!The set is complete! Congratulations!  |
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In god we trVst? I havn't seen that before. Whats up? Well I guess it's normal. After looking at the others. What made them do that? Quote:
In the olden days, a U was commonly printed as a V. You can see this on a lot of old government buildings and old inscriptions on statues. In the "Olden days" as you call them there actually wasn't such a letter as what we know as V. There was only a letter that sounded like a long U but looked like a V. It was Ancient Rome and the language was Latin. The same explaination goes for the W question as well... |
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Extreeemly happy with my last coin  I will take pics and post them  |
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It is interesting that everyone "discovers" that V in TRVST on the Peace dollar but almost no one seems to realize that it appears on some other US coins as well. Most noticeably the Standing Liberty quarter where it is not only IN GOD WE TRVST but E PLVRIBVS VNVM as well. Five U's replaced with V's. They are also used on the Texas and Connecticut half dollars. Five V's on each. Edited by Conder101
12/16/2008 10:03 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Out of all my quarters, I do not have ONE standing liberty yet.. and I've never seen the Texas and Connecticut half dollars. I suppose it's all in what you get your hands on |
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Brewzz, CONGRATS! Can't wait to see the pictures!
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That is cool...way to go. So a full set of uncirculated large cents is next? hehe
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Posted 08/25/2008 3:23 pm
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