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Shipwreck's Coins Are Very Rare
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| 2008-05-14
| ALAN SAYRE,
Posted on 05/14/2008 10:43:27 PM PDT by fishhound
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I used keywprds for each state where these were minted.
Good forgotten history stuff.
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posted on
05/14/2008 10:43:27 PM PDT
by
fishhound
To: fishhound
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posted on
05/14/2008 10:43:54 PM PDT
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fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: Inyo-Mono; indcons; stainlessbanner; Liberty Valance
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posted on
05/14/2008 10:48:56 PM PDT
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fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/14/2008 10:50:07 PM PDT
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fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: fishhound
The good stuff ;o)
Thanks for posting.
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posted on
05/14/2008 10:59:01 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Liberty Valance
Your welcome.
Thanks for posting the pic. Ain’t it beautiful!
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:00:47 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: Liberty Valance
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:02:11 PM PDT
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Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Liberty Valance
Wow! What a simple yet striking & lovely design. They don’t make coins like this anymore.
I’ve seen Greek and Egyptian coins from about 230 b.c that had similiar facial characteristics and treatment of the hair. They depicted Alexander the Great. The Greek and Roman classical influence on early American art and design can be seen in this coin.
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:22:51 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
To: fishhound
Dang. I'm a collector and never even heard of these mints before today.
What are the mintmarks and how rare are they?
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:23:11 PM PDT
by
varyouga
("Rove is some mysterious God of politics & mind control" - DU 10-24-06)
To: varyouga
On the second picture is I assume the backside of this coin.
I don’t collect but there is an “O” under teh eagles feet...Could that be the mintmark?
Is it possible they did not use them?
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:28:30 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: SatinDoll
The greatness of the promise of the young America shines in thier elegant and simple yet solid design...how’s that. lol
Great Classicism/classical look.
I actually find it makes me a little sad to look at it.
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:31:20 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: Liberty Valance
Here's the other side.
The back of the coin is seen here. One expert said some of the hundreds of gold coins retrieved from the wreck site last year "are in uncirculated or mint condition" that could bring $50,000 to $100,000 apiece at auction. "Historically, they are interesting. These are the first coins produced by gold from the United States," said another expert.
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:46:44 PM PDT
by
henbane
To: fishhound
. . .there is an O under the eagles feet...Could that be the mintmark? The New Orleans Mint (O mint mark) closed at the beginning of the Civil War (1861) and did not re-open until the end of Reconstruction in 1879. During its two stints as a minting facility, it produced both gold and silver coinage in eleven different denominations, though only ten denominations were ever minted there at one time (in 1851 silver three-cent pieces, half dimes, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and gold dollars, Quarter Eagles, half eagles, eagles, and double eagles).---Wikipedia
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:54:57 PM PDT
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henbane
To: henbane
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posted on
05/14/2008 11:59:01 PM PDT
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fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: IncPen; BartMan1
To: fishhound
Yes,The O is for New Orleans from what I remember.I was unaware of Dalonega being a mint.Learn something new everyday.
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posted on
05/15/2008 1:12:04 AM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
To: varyouga
I thought the New Orleans mint was open until much later. Wasn’t the mint mark ‘O’?
I know I have some old coins with the ‘O’ mint mark.
To: fishhound
“O” was New Orleans. I’m not sure about Charlotte, and I never heard of the one in Ga.
To: imahawk
I was unaware of Dalonega being a mint. Being raised in Georgia, I knew of the Dahlonega mint and the gold that is sill being mined there today. However, I had not heard of the Charlotte mint or of any gold finds in that area.
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posted on
05/15/2008 4:19:12 AM PDT
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Thermalseeker
(Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
To: fishhound
......and the bureaucrat from the “You Have Government Property Agency” clock has just started.
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posted on
05/15/2008 4:26:17 AM PDT
by
stimpy17
(Home of the free because of the Brave.)
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