Just seeing the bull with two stars and being an avid stargazer myself I've always associated this coin with Taurus.
According to the press 212 million were minted in 1964 and almost all hoarded by collectors, speculators, and novelty manufacturers
There are https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/1965-roosevelt-dime-struck-on-a-90-silver-planchet-rim-damage-ncs-au-details/a/1124-3463.s
No need to get bent out of shape. I asked because I had always assumed the Coinage Act laid out the changes starting from 1965 on. It does but...
Generally speaking even Valerian's coins looked like coins. After his demise the coins of Gallienus and Claudius were garbage. Aurelian clearly...
The coinage act wasn’t passed till July. What prevented the mint from striking 1965 dated 90% silver coins January-July 1965? It was not the...
Oh, well that's never wrong. This is from the New York Times, September 6, 1964 THE latest news from Washington is that the bill authorizing the...
No. There was a seperate law passed in September 1964 that froze the date.
I found it in the Times archives. September 6th, 1964 he signed the bill keeping the date for all coins frozen at 1964. Coin collectors protested.
But it wasn't. They minted 90% silver in 1965
My assumption has been that Diocletian demonetized the old currency when he started issuing the argentii and that is why we have so money pristine...
That's good news
Who authorized the frozen date? I see it mentioned here https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/711/ There must be a corresponding bill then
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President Johnson signed the coinage act removing silver from dimes and quarters on July 23, 1965. As late as October 3rd 1964 the US Treasury was...
It's a fair point to question the completeness of the data. I'd think there'd be enough poor specimens around where someone could fund a decent...
I suppose what matters most was how the debasement was managed. In the United States silver was removed from coinage and as a backing for paper...
Yes, it's always good advice to use a trusted dealer when in doubt. I have zero knowledge of how one would authenticate a WW1 bank "Gutschein". Or...
To me the bigger mystery is why was Aurelian assassinated with no plan for a successor? There was enough of a conspiracy to pass a damnatio...
If she did it was only for a few weeks, and it was probably with consent of the Senate while they deliberated before choosing Tacitus. And there's...
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