Another Dollar Coin?
WTF, they say that the new dollar coin is larger in diameter, and thicker
than the Suzi B, or the Pocahontas buck. One can only hope. I loved the old silver dollar, the ones that gram pa gave us. They felt real, heavy and solid. I will be getting one later today. |
Larger and thicker doesn't necessarily mean heavier, have to wait and see.
They made so much money on the state quarters they're doing the same thing with the dollars. Every buck that goes into a collection is a win for the Feds. ;) |
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The mint sells first-run and uncirculated coins at higher than face value, Spexx. That's where the expression "mint in box" comes from.
Edit: For example, your options for collectible Alabama quarters. |
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Really? You've never even heard that something is "in mint condition?"
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another day;
another dolor... |
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:us: Dont matter whos on it, we want a big penny like grampa gave us! |
Well, conflating Sacagawea with Pocahontas is a two-century stretcher.
I date back to the Ben Franklin silver dollar, though my favorite was probably the Ike. A handsome coin, of reassuring size and heft -- which alas made carrying more than about one of them at a time a great awkward pocket lump. |
I take it you mean the Franklin half dollars ('48 - '63). There were no business strike dollar coins during that time period.
The Ike dollars were controversial as Ike was against debasing silver coins and the business strikes bearing his likeness were cupro-nickel. They tried to get around that by striking collectors' editions in actual silver; however, the unpopularity of general circulation coins of that size with no intrinsic value caused the Ike's demise. Even a reduction in size to the current dimensions of base metal dollar coins has not made them acceptable. The days of the "cartwheels" are gone; until, they can find a gimmick as alluring as precious metals ... maybe Gummy Dollars! |
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Why yes, I have numismatists in my family, why do you ask? :) |
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