U.S. Dollar Trivia (do you know the answer?)

Howdy fellow coin peeps,

The following statement is concerning the minting of the Silver Dollar for "circulation" by the U.S. Mint and is either true or false:

The Silver Dollar was first minted in 1794 (Flowing Hair 1794-1795) and was followed by the Draped Bust (1795-1804) which was then followed by the Seated Liberty (1836-1873 - includes the Gobrecht type) which was then followed by the Trade Dollar (1873-1885) which was then followed (slight overlap) by the Morgan Dollar (1878-1921) which was then followed by the last silver dollar for regular circulation (non-bullion/commemorative), the Peace Dollar (1921-1964). In 1936 the U.S. went to paper only for the dollar (non-bullion/commemorative) and the icon Silver Dollar (non-bullion/commemorative) was no more, except for 1964 when the U.S. Mint (Denver) minted 316,076 1964-D Peace Dollars but they were ordered to be destroyed and while there are rumors a few survived, not one has surfaced but we can always hope.

Ribbit

Ps: Please do not post remarks about this Trivia Question. Select the best answer then hop back in now-and-then to see how well the other members did. I figured there are a lot of members that don't know everything about specific denominations and this will be a good way to help educate them. :thumb:

Pps: If you read the information/question above, please "vote" and don't just leave without voting. This is an exercise in coin collecting knowledge and if you don't know the answer, you should but if you don't answer the question, how do you know if you know the truth?

Ppps: It has been brought to my attention that I left off the Ikes. First, I was talking about Silver Dollars and not clad. Second, the Ikes that are/were silver are proofs, so they were not meant for circulation and also fall outside this trivia question. Lastly, I did not use "slight of tongue" to try and trick anyone.

Pppps: There are a few peeps that know Trade Dollars were not minted for circulation in the US, however, they were minted for circulation elsewheres (other than proofs) and in the "question" above, no where do I specify circulation in the US only. So, for the purpose of this question, circulation is circulation is circulation, except for proofs.

 

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all that I can saw is ribbit!

 

If anyone gets a 64 peace dollar in change send it to me. Ok?

 

With the economy the way it is, I had to spend it on flypaper.

Ribbit

 

OH NO!!!

I thought toads had sticky tongues?

 

The 1964 Peace Dollar is a favorite fantasy of coin collectors. In all liklihood it probably doesn't exist... but there's some astronomical chance that it could... so people like to fantasize about one being found (especially if they're the one who finds it!).

Absense of evidence is not evidence of absence of course, but after a while you have to think that if there was one to be found, it would have been found by now... the longer it goes without being found the more likely it becomes that there just isn't one to find. It's very likely that even if one was ever found it isn't legal to own anyway as they were all ordered destroyed and there isn't solid evidence that any were ever legally issued. It's less of a legal grey area than the 10 1933 double eagles and the government still holds those...

Yeah maybe some former mint employee has one hidden away and doesn't want to reveal it for fear of it bein confiscated... but I wouldn't hold my breath lol... I honestly would think it more likely to find solid proof that the Loch Ness Monster exists.

 

Fear of it being confiscated... and fear of being arrested. Both are legitimate fears !

I'm sure you're right, Troodon... '64-D Peace is probably MUCH less of a legal grey area than the '33 $20s. It's probably a slam dunk, open-and-shut case.

If someone snuck away with one of those '64-D Peace $1s, that act was almost certainly criminal and possibly a felony.

Possession of same is also almost certainly criminal and possibly a felony.

If there's one out there, it'll be "on the down low" for a long, long time.

 

Then again, in today's world a felony even a serious felony only merits a slap on the wrist.

 

I think if any really existed, we would have seen some anonymously-uploaded pictures floating around on the Internet by now.

edit: Just a thought, but wouldn't the statue of limitations have been long over for that crime by now?

 

I say false based on one word in the statement (open to interpretation) that I don't believe applies to all the coins.

 

I said there was no word play so that nullified your interpretation.

If there is an error, it is obvious and not hidden.

Ribbit

 

The 1804 part needs clarification. While there are 1804 dollars, those were minted in the 1830's (Class I), and 1860's (Class II and III). It's generally accepted knowledge that the Mint, in it's thriftiness, continued to use 1803 dies for the 1804 year and recorded the 1803 coins minted in 1804 as 1804 dollars.

 

Good question! :thumb:

Am referring to date on coin, not necessarily when it was minted.

Ribbit

 

Toad,
these readers are sure technical!

Buy the date, not the minting.

 

They are looking so hard for something hidden when it's usually something staring them in the face.

Ribbit

 

For the original crime of stealing from the Mint ? Maybe. I don't know.

But the crime of possession of stolen property would still be in force, since the crime is being committed right now (assuming there actually is one, which is very questionable, maybe even unlikely).

In any event, there is no way the Federales would allow you to keep it if they found you had it.

 

How do we speculate on what we believe is false since we can't comment on what we think? Do we PM you? I see one thing that is for sure incorrect and not open to interpretation but I'm not sure if that is what you are referring to.

 

I may have to play with photoshop and make a 64.

 

Feel free to PM me if you have doubts/questions.

Ribbit

 

You dont ribbit when you PS but you ribbit when you PM. So do you ribbit when you...