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I didn't know what else to call this thread. It might be a good way to learn some numismatic trivia. Did you know ... that in 1964, the philadelphia mint and denver mint coined the Kennedy halves in 90 percent silver? Of course you did. Did you know that Denver coined fewer than Philadelphia? OK ... you knew that. Did you know that the production of 1964 Kennedy halves from just the Denver mint exceeded the total mintage for the entire Barber half dollar series? I found that astounding. Or ..... In 1805, if a US citizen could have only one new quarter .... only 1 person in 40 could possess one? What have you learned that you find interesting ... it could be anything. Chance *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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"IN GOD WE TRUST" first appeared on the two-cent coin in 1864.
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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19, and you also have the largest amount of money in US coins possible without being able to make change for a dollar. |
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Half Cents and Large cents were all copper, no alloy. Zincolns were years off. KK
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Carrying a dollar's worth of Half Cents would be like carrying 5 rolls of quarters! You'd strain your suspenders with that in your pocket. Chance |
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In 1964 while the Mint was researching and experimenting with ways to debase our circulating dimes, quarters, halfs (NOT HALVES!), President Johnson was feuding with Congressional subcommittees as he was adamant that the coinage remain silver based. He even got owned by Congress on the issue regarding the 1964-D Peace dollar release. |
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Only two women have ever appeared on our coinage: Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony. (Liberty is a visual representation of an ideal, not an actual woman.)
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I found "IN GOD WE RUST" on a penny recently. Probably a Grease Filled Die, unfortunately. |
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Only two women have ever appeared on our coinage: Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony. (Liberty is a visual representation of an ideal, not an actual woman.) What about the Morgan dollar? That was based on a teacher. John1  |
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Interesting stuff, keep it coming!
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To date five living persons have appeared on US coins: Thomas Kilby - Governor of Alabama, Calvin Coolidge - President of the United States, Joseph T Robinson - Senator of Arkansas. Carter Glass - Senator of Virginia, and Eunice Shriver - Sister of John F Kennedy. Shiver is the only living woman to have appeared on a US coin. That will likely change if Jimmy Carter dies before mid 2014. And a correction to Ninamason's response, There was also Helen Keller on the reverse of the Alabama Quarter. (Shriver could also count but she was on a commemorative and not a circulating coin.) Edited by Conder101
08/11/2012 10:36 am
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Is Nolan Ryan dead? I have a 1992 Olympic dollar that's said to have Nolan Ryan on it. ?
I see you meant regular issues ... but didn't "really" say that in the initial statement. Ryan would also have been on a commemorative.
Chance
PS: went snoopin' ... and found this:
"The 1992 Olympic Silver Dollar Commemorative coin features a baseball player throwing a pitch. Although it is very similar to an image of Nolan Ryan which appeared on a Fleer baseball card. The designer of the coin John R. Deecken denied that there was any connection."
I've seen the card. You'll never convince me that was a coincidence.
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08/11/2012 10:45 am
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Quote:What about the Morgan dollar? That was based on a teacher. I'm sure that even for the Liberty coins, there was either a model, or the designer modeled it after women he knew. The SBA and Sacs were the only to be issued to honor a specific person. |
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Edited by Chancellor Sutler
08/11/2012 12:16 pm
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The Liberty cap is derived from the Phrygian cap which was donned by the Roman slaves once a year during a celebratory event created for the slaves where they could be considered a Free person for that one day. The requirement was that they wear the hat to identify themselves as slaves for the festivities.
In effect this was done to keep them happy as it allowed them some sense of hope that one day they might achieve their freedom.
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Here is another woman who was on one of our coins, and she was still living at the time.  |
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Posted 08/10/2012 9:45 pm
