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I stopped at President Rutherford B Hayes home in Ohio this weekend. At the museum they had this coin. My wife saw it first and yelled to me "you're gonna be excited about this item". You bet I was. I wanted to share this with you. The pictures were tough to get as the lighting was so bright on the coin. It is a darker coin; I wish they had taken a little better care of it. We should probably suggest they have it encapsulated with a 1st day label.lol. The letter is pretty solid proof of the 1st day strike. Again, coin pictures are not great, sorry, the light on the coin was SUPER intense. Enjoy these pictures if you don't make it out to Ohio. If you do, the house tour is great. Dan  Mint U.S. Philadelphia Coiner's Department, March 11, 1878 I herby certify that the Silver Dollar enclosed in case No 1, is the first one of the Dollars authorized by the Act of 1878, struck in the presses used for the regular coinage in the Mint of the United States. O.C. Bosbyshell Coiner James Pollock Superintendent    Edited by One50
07/03/2023 6:39 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow, what an incredible experience, Dan! Thank you for sharing the story and pics with us.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow, great stuff, and what an odd-looking holder!
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The coin is floating in mid air in the case. It spins when you press the button on the wall. A small rod holds the coin holder at the bottom of the metal bracket. Cool and yeah weird. I think that is acid free fiber of some sort between the coin and the metal holder. If it's truly #1 off the press, it could use better fanfare and conservation.
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For those interested, this is a VAM-9 (Wow VAM) 8tf variety and according to vamworld, only 303 were struck until the dies broke. Any VAM 9 carries a significant value jump from many of the other vams due to its special status.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I note that is does not appear to be DMPL, which one would expect, when it would be a product struck from fresh dies
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Very awesome thing to see. great experience too. I love that special silver coin holder too.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very cool, and interesting display!
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Pillar of the Community
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I want to donate a kointain so badly atm.
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Pillar of the Community
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Needs to be professionally conserved, graded. documented and displayed. A coin that historical deserves to be treated better than in a "Mickey Mouse" display like this!
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Bedrock of the Community
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 That's a hot one. |
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Very interesting. I didn't know that there was a first one somewhere.
I've seen a lot of coins in museums displayed like this, raw with prongs holding them. I wonder why they don't at least put them in capsules. I suppose the case might be filled with inert gas or something but I don't know for sure.
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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing it with us.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Interesting post. I would have thought it would be a very high grade being the first coin from a new set of dies. John1 |
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Cool. Thanks for sharing. The coin though looks like it has environmental issues and some wear like Rutherford carried it around in his pocket or let people hold it. Just my opinion. I wonder what it would grade LOL.
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07/04/2023 08:01 am
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I sent the curator of artifacts a nice email about Conservation, Grading and Encapsulation of this coin. I mentioned I would pay for all that to be accomplished under my memberships. They also have, (but not on display) an 1878 Proof, which needs Graded and Encapsulated. I will continue the story as things happen. Dan I found this case on their digital archives. I think this case is for the #1 coin or maybe the proof?   |
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