Trivia - Foreign coins Minted In U. S. A.

CHECK OUT THESE THREE COINS VERY CAREFULLY SO YOU CAN​

FIND OUT THEIR COMMON CONNECTION

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http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur

http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/42-345&desc=Chinese%20Empire/Republic%20y345%201%20Dollar%20(1933-1934)

http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-73&desc=Canada%20km73%2010%20Cents%20(1968)%20larger%20ship

Made the connection yet?

They were all produced in the United States.

Both the Phillipines "MacArthur" 50 Centavos and 1 Peso commemeroratives were struck at the San Francisco Mint.

The 1934, as well as, the 1933 Chinese "Junk" Dollar restrikes were struck at different mints here in the U.S.A.

Half of Canada's 1968 10-cent coins were produced by the Philadelphia Mint. So too were many of the 1969 10-cent pieces.

By an act of Congress on January 29, 1874 the mint was given explicit authority to produce coinage for foreign countries. It further stated, "apprporiate charges could be fixed by the director of the Mint, with the approval of the secretary of of the Treasury and according to such regulations as the secretary might prescribe."

Venezuela has the honorable distinction of being the first foreign country to do so (1875 and 1876). A total mintage during those two years resulted in 10,000,000 one-centavo coins and 2,000,000 2.5 centavos coins being struck.

NOTE 1: These coins were to be of a copper-nickel-zinc composition not in use in U.S.A. coinage, so the planchets were supplied by the Waterbury Mint, a private mint located in Connecticut.

NOTE 2. From 1875 to 1984 the United States minted more than 11.3 billion coins for more than 40 foreign entities

NOTE 3. Panama entered into the largest contract with the US Mint (45.6 million coins in five denominations) in 1984.

NOTE 4. Philadelphia struck some 1897 coins for the Dominican Republic using dies made in Paris which bore the Paris Mint's "A" mintmark.

The New Orleans Mint only struck foreign coins once. In 1907. It struck 20-centavo coins for Mexico. They would be denied from striking the coins with an "O" mint mark or with a privy mark because the dies were made by, and supplied by, the Mexico City Mint bearing the little "0" over large "M" mintmark.The mint closed in 1909.

Clinker

 

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Very interesting Clinker!
The most unusual fact,at least to me,is the Dominican coins that we made using the Paris "A" Mintmark.
That's false advertising..LOL

 

Here is a link you might like!

http://minterrornews.com/news-5-13-03-foreigners_in_the_mint.html

Speedy

 

Merry Christmas, Clinker. Thank you for the trivia.

Lou

 

Clinker,the Fijian coins dated 1942 & 1943 were struck at San Francisco.There were also Australian coins that were struck in America during World War II as well.

Aidan.

 

Neat, thanks for posting this information.

Merry Christmas
Ben

 

Clinker:
Thanks for the article.
FYI, there is a small book published by Whitman books, "Foreign Coins Struck At United States Mint" by Altz & Barton.
Only 63 pages, it lists coins by country that were struck in the US for foreign countries.
Interesting reading.
But dry.

 

Miko0

Since trivia is supposed be concise I left out a few others that were struck with dies created in other countries. If you check out Speedy's link, it has way more in it than my "trivia" piece!

Clinker

 

Thanks for the link. I hope oothers click on it and read it.

Clinker

 

Lou

Thanks Lou for reading and commenting and a great big MERRY

CHRISTMAS TO YOU!

Clinker

 

Aiden Work

Aiden:

There are more coins struck by the U.S. There are more that were struck with dies made by other countries too. Check the link passed on to us from Speedy.

Clinker

 

Ben

Thanks for reading and coimmenting on this trivia...and...
Happy New Year!

Clinker

 

Thanks for the info on the book...and...Happy New Year!

Clinker

 

Some of first coins struck for foreign countries also Hawaiian coinage of 1883, I believe made in San Francisco USA.

 

To Krasnaya

Krasnzya:

Happy New Year!

Hawaii's 1st coinage as an independent country was not minted by the U.S.A.

Click on this link to read a comprehensive article on Thhe Coins of Hawaii.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_Hawaii

Clinker

 

Article says nothing of where 1883 dated coins minted. I read from not wikipedia but other English language text. Wikipedia not always reliable source of information.

The 1883 coins designed by Charles Barber, minted in Philadelphia and San Francisco USA. Charles Barber later design coins with man on them fo 1892-1916 coin series.

From coinfacts.com site:


The Hawaiian Dime was a substitute for the 12-1/2 Cent (Hapawalu) denomination specified in the original application to the U.S. government. The Hapawalu would have required specially made blanks, whereas the Dime denomination was already a standard in the American series. Six Proof Dimes were made in September 1883 at the Philadelphia (PA) Mint for inclusion in four-piece sets containing the 10c, 25c, 50c, and $1.00 denominations. 250,000 circulation strikes were struck at the San Francisco (CA) Mint (without mintmark) from November 17, 1883 through June 1884. An additional 20 Proof Dimes were made at the Philadelphia Mint in 1884, this time for inclusion in five-piece sets containing the aforementioned denominations, plus the 12-1/2c coin.)

 

Krasnaya Vityaz:
I think that he was being techincal, since the first coins were dated 1847, for the "Hapa Haneli 1847" (or their equivalent of one cent).

From Wikipedia:
"He contracted Edward Hulseman - best known for his 1837 Half Cent token – to design and engrave the coin. It is not known precisely where the pieces were minted – although Walter Breen in Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins asserts that they were produced at the private mint of H. M. & E. I. Richards of Attleboro, Massachusetts; regardless, Jarves was given a note dated January 14, 1847 in the amount of $869.56 by the Minister of Finance as payment for the order."

 

To Krasnaya & Treashunt

Thanks for both your concerns as to the truth of the matter...often to change as time passes and new evidences come to light.

Clinker

 

For better information of Hawaiian cent coin:

Hawaiian Cent

 

To Krasnaya

Krasnaya...Thank you....for the link....

yes...and from the article, ""The designer and engraver was Edward Hulseman, who is perhaps better known for his 1837 Half Cent token. An obvious error on Hulseman's part was to misspell the denomination as "Hapa Haneri" instead of "Hapa Hanele"."

The Hawaiian people did not accept the coin because of the mispelling and most refused to use them except for citizens on far outlying islands. It was not created nor distributed by the U.S. Mint.

However, coins from other countries were used extensively...and...tokens minted under contract by plantations and railroads circulated freely through the islands.


Clinker