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WoW!Thanks for this post @ westcoin. I had no idea.
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Interesting. So what does the government do with the coins they confiscate? I doubt nothing in the public's best interest.
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The USPattern link at least has a good starting point for more recent sales... for the life of me I can't get the search engine there to work at all I was beginning to think it was just me who couldn't get the search to work over there. |
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 to westcoin for this informative thread. |
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jimbucks asked: So what does the government do with the coins they confiscate? Sometimes they do good with them, often they go into the Smithsonian Collection for all to have access to. This happened with many gold patterns and coins from the Lilly collection. The Stack family and business greatly helped that happen. A good story worth telling in a future posting.  The bad? Other times they most likely get put into a vault never to be seen by anyone again, or even worse they are melted down.  "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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With only 5 or 6 known of 1886 L.C.'s I'm saying 1855 was the last of business strikes for the U.S. large cent .
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Very interesting! |
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You learn something new just about everyday on CCF!
Paul Bulgerin
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Congrats on a great posting, WestCoin !!
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Great post West! I was thinking there may have been a pattern after circulation strikes were discontinued but not way out in 1868.
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Since I revived this thread (in a CCFPress thread on 1857 The last Large Cents) and it's getting some new views I thought you might like to see some really good photos of the 1868 Large Cents. Here are two one in Copper and one in Nickel from the Douglas Bird Collection that was sold in 2020 by Ira & Larry Goldberg. So an update is in order...  The Nickel 1868 Large Cent sold for $19,200.00  The Copper 1868 Large Cent sold for $36,000.00  "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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great post - thanks for bringing this one back to life
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Excellent! |
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Love this update. The pictures really bring the story to life!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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These are both on my one cent pattern "wishlist". Not many around, but one of each recently sold at heritage for big $$.
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