@Indefatigable, welcome to CCF. As you get the hang of things around here, you will want to start posting your threads in the specific area of CCF that makes the most sense. For example, I'm going to recommend to the mods that this thread be moved to the modern US coin section.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz