Philadelphia Mint Example Quarter Design

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llewellin Pillar of the Community United States 1005 Posts	Posted 09/11/2015 10:48 pm I went to the Philadelphia mint today finally! I had a great time on the self guided tour but one of the most memorable things was in the exhibit showing how the coin's design is made into dies. Instead of showing dies with a real coin, they had them with some silly fake ATB Quarter design, where some of the words were backwards, i.e. "MUNU SUBIRULP E" and the reverse looked similar to the Olympic National Park quarter, except instead of an elk, there was a rhinoceros! Also on the obverse, George Washington was wearing a bonnet which was very silly. Has anyone else seen this design? I would have taken a picture but those are forbidden and I didn't want to get arrested by the Mint Police. I'm wondering if the designers/engravers do this often for fun, making parody designs of real US coins and striking a few. They had an example of the struck quarter bearing the silly design (well technically not a quarter, to be precise). Report this Post to the Staff

Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 09/12/2015 12:23 am Quote: I'm wondering if the designers/engravers do this often for fun, making parody designs of real US coins and striking a few. They had an example of the struck quarter bearing the silly design (well technically not a quarter, to be precise). Never heard of a design with a rhino on it? But as to your quoted text. You are describing almost to a tee the origins of this coin minus the just for fun part... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/191..._Head_nickel Edited by Cascade 09/12/2015 12:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 09/12/2015 09:32 am I went to the philly mint just a month ago! It was really fun! I saw what you're talking about, and I'm pretty sure that those are the only dies made with mint material to look like that. The engravers would probably need to have their own personal tools, blank dies, and time/space to work on the parody dies, which probably wouldn't be worth the effort unless they sold it on ebay as art or something... Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12815 Posts	Posted 09/12/2015 12:01 pm I enjoyed my tour of the P Mint about 3 years back. I particularly enjoyed looking at the production floor from above. I wish the "museum" area were a little bigger but it was still pretty fun and informative. Can't say I recall seeing the design you're talking about but that could be my memory or them changing displays around. Report this Post to the Staff
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