Roosevelt territorial silver dollar

Hello,

I was wondering the worth of the Roosevelt territorial silver dollar. Especially the dates of 1907 and 1909. I have never heard of these coins before. Thanks

 

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Welcome to Coin Talk Ronny.

I really don't know why these Philippines (Under US Administration) One Peso coins are referred to as Roosevelt territorial silver dollar. Probably its a marketing gimmick. I guess Roosevelt's tenure was probably around 1907-1912 period. Anyway, these Peso coins were struck in San Francisco mint of USA.

The 07 and 08 coins are worth $10 in VF, $13 in XF, $75 in UNC and $140 in BU whereas the 1909 coin is worth $15 in XF, $90 in UNC and $150 in BU grade.
Hope this helps.:smile

 

Actually, TR was Vice President and became President in 1901 when McKinley was assasinated. TR finished that term, won the election in 1904 and served that term. He made the mistake to state that he would not seek reelection in 1908 and, being a man of his word, left office in March 1909.

 

I guessed something like that :hatch:. Thanks for the history Hobo .

 

Thanks, you were all very helpful

 

And then was so annoyed at the way Taft ran the country in 1909 - 1912 that he came back to run against him in 1912. Roosevelt handily won the Republican Primaries, but the party delegates re-nominated President Taft. This resulted in Roosevelt creating his own political party and running as the Bull Moose Party Candidate. But that split the Republican vote and they both lost the election to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. (This would be the last time the party did not nominate the winner of the primaries.)

Note to moderators, this is political history not "politics".

 

Taft was the Philippine territorial governor.

 

Thanks for the history Conder. I always thought of USA as a bi-party democracy. 1912 must have been an exceptional and historic year of US politics. I googled for Bull Moose Party and now know fairly of the events that followed. Thanks again.

 

This country has a long tradition of multiple political parties; however, most of the time there have been two dominant ones. Sometimes, these third parties become one of the two major parties - as did the Republican in the 1850s. The Progressives (later called Bull Moose) held considerable political power in the early part of the 20th century, but never had a broad enough electoral constituency or executive support to push all of their agenda through Congress.

State laws and the Constitution encourage two dominant parties, while parliamentary governments favor greater diffusion of political office.

TR was almost totally out of step with his party before, during and after his Presidential terms. Not long before he died, TR was considering running for President in 1920. One proposal tossed about was for TR and his cousin Franklin to run together. (Another had Hoover and FDR as running mates.)

 

Actually, the US is a Republic, not a Democracy.
There are a number of political parties beside the two main ones, including Libertarian, Constitution, Green, Social Democrats and not to forget the Communist Party of the USA (and yes, they really are still around and do put candidates up every election).