President US Grant Memorialized On Our Cash

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  1. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    I know we have memorialized Grant on the fifty dollar bill, the Presidential dollar coins and a 1922 commemorative half dollar. Has Grant appeared on any other coins?
     
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  3. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Didn't he have a gold one dollar coin also in 1922?
     
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  4. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    Yes!... You are correct..... I was also thinking that he shared a portrait on one of the civil war commemoratives. I'm not sure of that though.
     
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  5. Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney Well-Known Member

    Grant was on some other currency as well. Here's one example:
    US-$5-SC-1896-Fr.270.jpg
     
  6. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    For those who are not familiar with the Grant commemorative half dollar and $1 gold coins, here they are. The star was a gimmick that the original sellers had in the 1922 to get collectors to buy more coins. Laura Fraser, wife of James Fraser, who designed the Buffalo Nickel, designed these coins.

    Grant half dollar, no star

    Grant No Star All.jpg

    Grant half dollar, with star. The star adds a significant amount to the value because only 5,000 were issued.

    Grant w Star 50c All.jpg

    Grant gold dollar, no star. The star makes no difference on the value of these coins.

    Grant No Star.jpg

    Grant gold dollar with star

    Grant Star Total.jpg

    In addition to the coins, there are many Grant medals and political tokens. He ran for president three times (1868. 1872 and 1880), got the Republican nomination twice and served two terms as president. I'll some of the campaign medals if anyone is interested.

    He received a copy of this medal in gold for his Civil War service. The medal is massive.

    Grant MI-29 All.jpg

    Here it is next to a silver dollar.

    Grant MI-29 compare.jpg

    The gold medal still exists. It's in the Smithsonian with the presentation box.

    Grant MI-29 Gold.jpg
     
  7. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Looks like the Smithsonian Polishing Brigade got to it... :(
     
  8. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    So the stars are incuse -- were they struck into the hub for the last die, or into each individual coin?
     
  9. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    I think that star coins were struck first, and then the raised star on the die was ground off of it. The star on the half dollar has contours in it which makes it easier to certify and harder for crooks to just punch a star into the coin.

    Grant w Star star.jpg
     
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  10. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    The velvet in the box could have done that, but yes, the polishing brigade may have also been involved.
     
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  11. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Not cash but as he is a distant relative of mine this card was taken on his porch a month before he pasted away. The date and location are on the bottom.
    A750B6D4-974F-43C0-9226-881B1623F224.jpeg
     
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  12. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Along with that, if the bad guys do punch a star into the coin, there's usually a telltale dimple of such being done on the reverse.
     
  13. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    Somehow some of them have been able to avoid that.
     
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