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New Member
United States
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Two of the rounds I had in my Bullion pieces thread were from "Liberty Mint." I'm wondering if there is any relationship between Liberty Mint and the American Liberty Dollar. These pieces that I have from liberty mint are more than 10 years before the first American Liberty Dollars, but the inscription on the back makes me wonder if possibly the "Liberty Mint" or it's owners/operators were a part of the "Liberty Dollar" movement. Here's a few pics: Liberty Mint, "Liberty" round  Liberty Mint, USS Constitution round  I'm just curious about the history of some of these pieces I have. |
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Moderator
 Australia
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While the sympathies of the people that bought these rounds may have been analogous to those of NORFED supporters, the immediate precursor to the Liberty Dollar was the "Royal Hawaiian Mint", the company through which von NotHaus marketed his Hawaiian tourist dollars. The Liberty Mint is still around. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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One difference is that NORFED pieces were marked with an actual monetary value and these are not.
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New Member
United States
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Liberty Mint was a general purpose private mint in Provo Utah...they went out of business and the name is being used by someone else now. Royal Hawaiian Mint and NORFED had their pieces struck by Sunshine Mint...another general purpose private mint...who supplies the US Mint with gold and silver blanks as well.
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New Member
United States
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John Galt,
I have the same commerative coin you first listed above. Can't find history..yet. Will share when found. At least we know it is worth its weight in silver. LOL
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New Member
United States
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John,
How did you determine the time fraame?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The one if have was minted in 1985. I think Norfed came online around 1996. So I believe John has it right. No connection, though, as has already been stated.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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Trevin,
How did you determine the date?
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Valued Member
United States
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preston it shows it on the lower right
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New Member
United States
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Mine shows no date. Also, it has the head pic down to the throat area...not a full body pic. Does this mean it is older or newer?
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New Member
United States
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New Member
United States
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Back of coin  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1454 Posts |
Since it says, "Millennial", perhaps it was made circa ~2000? Not sure.
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New Member
United States
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I found it in 1993...at an old/abandoned country school yard.
Any further thoughts?
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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Two thoughts... 1.  2. Silver found in a school yard - awesome! Congrats! |
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Posted 02/09/2011 02:48 am
