How Far Back Can We Go? Sixth Edition! Ended At 1380 Waiting On 1379

There were 34 commemorative US halves, and three Walking liberty, across three mints issued in 1936.

Missed this one yesterday



1936



contemporary counterfeit?




Presidential election token

I try to only post my high grade US issues with some world coins to keep it interesting. If I posted ALL of my 1936 coins it would run to 40+ photos easily. But there are some things to remember.

IMO the era 1910 to 1940 had some of the most beautiful coins in US history and many are very affordable in high grades. Once we hit 1932 we start adding gold to the mix as well. These issues are the "meat and potatoes" of US collectors and will be well-represented as such.

As we go back past 1878 you can expect to see fewer US issues and more international flavor. US coins prior to 1820, except large Cents, are scarcer and quite a bit more expensive, and prior to 1780 it will be ALL world coins with very rare exceptions such as the Massachusetts coinage.

I have a large and fairly broad collection of British, Austrian and German States issues from the 1890s to 1630s to keep things interesting and there are many long-time posters who have great collections from Mexico, Spain, Poland, France, Russia, the Netherlands, and Belgium just to name a few.

In other words, just hang in there! This thread always gets more interesting and exciting the older we go, and it helps the global hobby as people start looking for certain dates to "run the table" and post at least one coin for every year as long as possible.

A couple of coins of King Edward VIII - East Africa 5 and 10 cents:


Although no British coins were issued for King Edward VIII, and no official coins bearing his portrait were issued for circulation anywhere, coins bearing his name were issued in British West Africa, East Africa, Fiji and New Guinea. They all have center holes.

1936 so far

Total coins shown - 87
American - 49 (48 coins, 1 medal)
World - 38 (36 coins - 2 unknown if coin or medal or possible fake in one case as poster points out)

Will there be any bigger years?

@Princetane 1936 was not a significant anniversary date or milestone (160 years since 1776) but following the Depression years and FDR's edict banning personal gold coin ownership, there was a demand for numismatic products. Collecting Uncirculated rolls started in earnest around this time.

Since there were no easily-available Proof or Mint sets, states and the Mint itself turned to the issuance of commemoratives as a means of raising funds or as ego-boosting pet projects, some highly successful, others very much not. Every state, pushed by their Senators and representatives, wanted an issue struck, some for statehood anniversaries, others for important historical moments, etc. It seems like nearly every State (at the time) had a commemorative issue by the end of the 1930s. With silver Walking Liberty half dollars still in production, most of the commemorative issues did not see much, if any, circulation.

The advent of WWII and the demands of a country whose military and industry were preparing for war soon meant that the flood of commemoratives soon turned into a near-drought that would last until 1982.

Thanks!

I know the Morgan dollar craze coming up as these coins are very cheap and heavily available for similar coins of the era.

My posts will decline quite a bit in a few years as we head back before NZ coinage and its patchy Emglish stuff and odd coins before that.