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CoinTalk > Coin Forums > Coin Chat Trivia: Dial "W" for West Point

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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-07-2009, 08:52 AM   #1 (permalink) Art Numismatist?     Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 901 My Mood: Nice post. Thanks. I'm surprised that PCGS and/or NGC hasn't added a "W" Mint Set to the Registries.   11-08-2009, 04:51 PM   #2 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To Art: Quote: Originally Posted by Art Nice post. Thanks. I'm surprised that PCGS and/or NGC hasn't added a "W" Mint Set to the Registries. Since there's money to be made in a "W" registry, you can bet they are trying to figure out a way to do it and collect... Clinker   11-08-2009, 04:57 PM   #3 (permalink) CamaroDMD Dental Student     Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,394 My Mood: Wow, great information Clinker as always. I know that some Lincoln cents had been minted at West Point without a mint mark...but the quarters were a surprise to me. I had not idea that Bicentennial quarters were still being made as late as 1979. Why was a decision made to continue minting them after 1976? __________________ The Truth About "O" Mint Morgan Dollars   11-09-2009, 12:14 PM   #4 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by CamaroDMD Wow, great information Clinker as always. I know that some Lincoln cents had been minted at West Point without a mint mark...but the quarters were a surprise to me. I had not idea that Bicentennial quarters were still being made as late as 1979. Why was a decision made to continue minting them after 1976? The minting started in 1975. The other years were due to a congressional mandate to produce a sufficient quantity for circulation. It was suspect that many of the commemorative quarters would be kept by collector and non collector alike (which turned out to be fact). Clinker Last edited by Clinker; 11-09-2009 at 12:17 PM. Reason: spelling error   11-09-2009, 12:33 PM   #5 (permalink) TheBigH Senior Member   Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 578 Is the San Francisco mint still giving tours? Proof coin production would be a grand sight to see in person.   11-10-2009, 10:10 AM   #6 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: To TheBigH: Quote: Originally Posted by TheBigH Is the San Francisco mint still giving tours? Proof coin production would be a grand sight to see in person. I don't know for sure, but I believe they restarted the tours recently. Maybe another Coin Talk member knows. Iwill find out, if no one else answers your question. Clinker Last edited by Clinker; 11-10-2009 at 10:11 AM. Reason: missing word   11-14-2009, 02:45 AM   #7 (permalink) CamaroDMD Dental Student     Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,394 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Clinker The minting started in 1975. The other years were due to a congressional mandate to produce a sufficient quantity for circulation. It was suspect that many of the commemorative quarters would be kept by collector and non collector alike (which turned out to be fact). I guess that makes sense. I knew they began minting them in 1975...as there are no 1975 coins quarter or larger...but I didn't realize they minted them beyond 1976 while regular annual coins were minted at the other mints. Did they also mint Bicentennial halves and dollars beyond 1975-76? __________________ The Truth About "O" Mint Morgan Dollars   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « another PCGS... | What scale do you use? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post TRIVIA: West Point Coin Milestones Clinker Coin Chat 16 10-17-2008 11:07 AM The Sheldon 70 point grading scale vavet Coin Chat 6 08-02-2008 03:52 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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