What Happened To The Missing 700 1873-S Seated Liberty Dollars?

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CCFPress Press Manager United States 1420 Posts	Posted 01/28/2017 6:41 pm CoinWorld - In February of 1873, the San Francisco Branch Mint reportedly struck 700 Seated Liberty dollars, 5,000 Seated Liberty, No Arrows half dollars and 324,000 Seated Liberty half dimes. After all of these years, one of the last great mysteries of numismatics still remains. What happened to those 700 1873-S dollars and 5,000 1873-S No Arrows half dollars? On Feb. 12, 1873, the Mint Act was passed that, among other effects, would in part mark the end of the silver Half Dime and standard silver dollar; added weight to the half dollar; and paved the way for the Trade dollar. The legislation took effect on April 1. For a generation of numismatic researchers it was assumed that all of the 1873-S Seated Liberty dollars and half dollars were melted before they left the San Francisco Mint. However, documents stored at the Federal Archives in San Bruno, Calif., point to a different scenario with regard to the fate of the 700 1873-S Seated Liberty dollars. Read the Entire Article Report this Post to the Staff

cipster Pillar of the Community United States 2362 Posts	Posted 01/28/2017 6:48 pm I have all of them stored in my basement and I live at 123 Main St, Anytown, USA - and no alarm system. OK seriously thanks for posting this information - very interesting. Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith Report this Post to the Staff
jakes8 Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 01/28/2017 6:51 pm Who wants to go find them with me? Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 01/28/2017 6:56 pm Good read - thanks for posting. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 01/28/2017 7:13 pm Without the mysteries we would be bored. Report this Post to the Staff
Omegaraptor Valued Member United States 321 Posts	Posted 01/28/2017 7:25 pm Look at the 1852-O Half Dime: 260000 were minted and 250 survived at most, one of which I own. Maybe it's possible that the dollars weren't melted - and it's just that all of them were lost in some way. The problem is that Half Dimes have a much lower survival rate on average than dollars. Maybe they were all or almost all melted, a similar fate met by the 1876-CC 20c and maybe the 1878-S 50c. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/30/2017 08:10 am Nice article but one problem, after 1853 depositors of silver would be paid for it, but they could not have it turned into coins. All coins were struck on the governments account not the depositors. That changed in 1873, depositors of silver COULD have it coined into Trade dollars for export. Trade dollars only. Report this Post to the Staff
coinlover1899 Pillar of the Community United States 3058 Posts	Posted 01/31/2017 10:04 pm Great read! Report this Post to the Staff
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