I'm back: Cornelius Vermeule writes: “Chester Beach (1881-1956) was born in San Francisco, trained in Paris, and resided in New York City. Of...
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Last post for a couple weeks here. Be out of range of the internet. :wideyed: “Coin designs that blend technical skill with artistry move...
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Let's keep rolling on: “The subject of this commemorative is a worthy one, but rather oddly it was sponsored by the motion picture industry...
Looks 63/4 to me.
McKinley’s body was temporarily interred at Canton, Ohio’s, Westlawn Cemetery until a suitable mausoleum, the McKinley National Memorial, could be...
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“SOME OF THE EXCUSES Congressman have given to promote a memorial coin are amusing. For example, on December 18, 1922, when California...
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To the Acting Mint Director Mary O’Reilly from M.J. Kelly on July 24, 1923, regarding the Monroe Doctrine Half Dollars. Replying to your...
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Silver Lavaliere and Gold Lavaliere [IMG] [IMG] I first started researching the 50 piece series of commemorative coins in 2009. At that time...
Thank you. :joyful: I'm only about half way through the chapter. Much more to come.
“The commemorative Monroe coin has arrived. How it got by the mint officials is a mystery. Its obverse is creditable, but its reverse is...
New Lincoln Cent dies came out in 1916. That's why you see many 65 and above.
“Additional information regarding the countermarking of some of the Stone Mountain commemorative half dollars comes to us from C. H. Ohr, Honey...
[IMG] Image courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, June 29, 1923. “Meet Miss North America and Miss South America! Catherine Kaestner and Marye...
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