At 20,000 minted, and all sold within the year, this classic commemorative was a spectacular sales success at the time...a rarity for the era when most were flops. Carter Glass was pretty much alive and well when this coin was struck. He was not pleased that his face was appearing on the coin and tried to stop the mint, but he was not successful. His face graced the coin despite his opposition to it.
Surprising, considering he was quite accomplished in his time, albeit an a-hole from many perspectives. But alas, a different time. (He did pull a "Biden" though, before he died in '46). The coin itself is a magnificent specimen, & I particularly like the reverse. I myself would not get one because of Glass's "accomplishments".
You mean his speech about using discrimination to remove black voters from the voter list? Yeah, on race issues Carter Glass was definitely on the wrong side of history...though those views were more commonly held back then. Doesn't make it right, but we still have to acknowledge he lived in very different times. If he were alive today he might have considerably different views on the issue.
I doubt it; his lifelong behavior/actions would leave me to believe that he is just one of those "people", if you know what I mean. Nevertheless, I digress, back to the coin. Your specimen is beautiful & one I have never actually seen in real life, although I have seen pics. Overall, I like it! (Maybe he thought he needed a nose job? That profile would have been better on an ancient Greek or Roman coin! )
Huh, I don't see any indication that he "pulled a Biden." He was nominated as a "favorite son" candidate at the 1920 convention by the delegates of his home state, but that's as far as it went. There were 15 nominated candidates and 44 ballots, so I guess you could say 14 of them "pulled a Biden"? I'm confused.
Look at the ARTE in Carter. Appears to be some PVC residue. Possibly also some on the reverse around her left arm and right shoulder. May want to check that out and remove it if it's there.
Heh. I spent my teenage years in Lynchburg, and don't miss the place at all. Our rival high school was E C Glass. I thought maybe it was named after this guy, but no, it was apparently a half-brother (Edward Christian Glass), who was school superintendent for fifty-odd years. There's currently a Carter Glass Insurance in Raleigh. Apparently it's run by a different (and currently living) Carter Glass. Tough name to be saddled with.
Good news, seeing it in person under magnification and light, it's definitely not PVC. No green, no milky haze. There's slight unevenness in coloration. Maybe something used to be there at some point or something came in contact with the coin to cause it, but far less noticeable in real life than in that photo, and there seems to be no deposit of anything, just bare metal. It's also a fairly fresh graded coin (less than one year). I doubt PCGS would have encapsulated it with PVC either, but like I said, I can't see it.
