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What USA (post 1776) coin can you tell the date of and where it was struck, but not the issuer?
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I am going to say that it was the 1965 special mint sets except I don't exactly understand the question. Some special mint set coins were minted in Denver without the D mint mark because of the Coinage Act of 1965. These coins appear to have been minted in Philadelphia where coins for that year were also minted without a mint mark. |
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Nice try, but 1965-7 coins including circulation issues could have been minted at Philly or Denver (and I think San Fran).
Thus you could tell the date, but not where they were struck. The issuer was the United States.
Maybe that will make things clearer.
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United States
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Was the coin struck for circulation in the US, or is it one our mint struck for another country?
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I think it was a coin for the Philippines that could have been minted by either the Phila mint or the Manilla mint.
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Was the coin struck for circulation in the US Yes and no. It was not struck for overseas use, like a Trade dollar. Quote:
is it one our mint struck for another country? Not exactly. Not like if we struck coins for Panama, for example. I realize those sound evasive, but any more accuracy would give it away. Quote:
I think it was a coin for the Philippines that could have been minted by either the Phila mint or the Manilla mint. The mint that made them is known. |
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I think it's the 1861-O half dollar. From page 195 of the 2010 Red Book... "The 1861-O quantity includes 330,000 struck under the United States government, 1,240,000 for the State of Louisiana after it seceded from the Union, and 962,633 after Louisiana joined the Confederate States of America. As all these 1861-O coins were struck from U.S. dies, it is impossible to distinguish one from another." If I'm reading this right, we know that all 1861-O half dollars were struck at the New Orleans mint in 1861, but you can't tell which government issued them. |
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I'll throw a guess into the  The 1854 KELLOGG & CO. TWENTY DOLLARS Gold coins during the transition of the SF Mint opening. These coins, while privately minted, were used in San Francisco and Sacramento banks to avoid Financial disaster. They don't have United States of America on the coins.  |
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Coinaholic- Sorry, the issuer of your example is known. ***** 8539- That's the one. I'm still trying to figure out why some ebay listings say theirs are CSA obverses. Send your snaily for a little prize related to the question. sales@biggfredd.com |
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Thanks for the game and congrats to cwb8539
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 Thank you biggfredd for the contest! |
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I received a package today! Thank you very much!  |
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You're welcome. We made 1000 of those in the 70s. I ran across a handful when housecleaning.
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