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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2229362, member: 66&quot;]I&#039;ve never heard the term &quot;Ferris Wheel&quot; being applied to silver dollars.&nbsp; And it would have to be a twentieth century term since the Ferris wheel didn&#039;t exist until 1893.</p><p><br /></p><p>The early mint was power by horses and human muscle power but as far as I know they never used oxen.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is actually no evidence that Washington ever visited the Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Never heard of Revere providing rolled copper to the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>James Clarke a Denver Mint employee stole a gold bar in 1864?&nbsp; The Denver Mint opened in 1906.&nbsp; The government bought out Clarke, Gruber &amp; Co in 1862 and in 1864 it was an Assay office not a Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; The Mint produced its first circulating coins—all $111.78 worth of them—in March 1793. That first batch consisted of 11,178 copper cents. Soon after, the Mint began issuing gold and silver coins as well.&quot;&nbsp; If you consider a year and a half for silver and two years for gold to be &quot;soon&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint was originally under the Dept of State and reported to Jefferson.&nbsp; Then became independent in 1799 to 1873.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Mint&#039;s first gold and silver coins had no denominations on them.&quot; The halves and dollars did, on the edge starting in 1794.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; The quarter dollar made in 1804 was the first silver coin in the United States Mint&#039;s history to have a value on it! &quot;&nbsp; Wrong see previous.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b>Lady Liberty was on her feet for 42 years...</b>&nbsp; The imaginary woman who stood for liberty on our coins was always shown standing (unless only her head was shown) since she first appeared in 1794. But she took a seat in 1836 when the &quot;Seated Liberty&quot; silver dollars came out and showed her sitting on a rock. She probably needed the rest!&quot;&nbsp; Huh?&nbsp; She was only shown as a bust until 1836 so haw do they know she was standing?&nbsp; The first standing figure of Liberty didn&#039;t appear until 1907.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;But today, most coins except Philadelphia&#039;s have mint marks on the back.&quot;&nbsp; Mintmarks moved to the obverse in 1968 and I think the only coin since then to have a mintmark on the back is the silver eagle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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