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<p>[QUOTE="fish4uinmd, post: 2571975, member: 74335"]I was researching the 1911-D [ATTACH=full]556380[/ATTACH] and came across this interesting trivia...albeit unique trivia. The pic is, of course, a 1908 plain.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Distinctions</b></font></p><p>The $5 denomination has the distinction of being the only denomination for which coins were minted at eight US mints. Prior to 1838 all half eagles were minted in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint" rel="nofollow">Philadelphia</a> because there were no other operating mints. In 1838, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Mint" rel="nofollow">Charlotte Mint</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlonega_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlonega_Mint" rel="nofollow">Dahlonega Mint</a> produced half eagles of the Coronet type in their first years of operation, and would continue to mint half eagles until 1861, their last year of operation. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Mint" rel="nofollow">New Orleans Mint</a> minted half eagles from 1840 to 1861. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Mint" rel="nofollow">San Francisco Mint</a> first produced half eagles in 1854, its first year of operation, as did <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City_Mint" rel="nofollow">Carson City</a> in 1870, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Mint" rel="nofollow">Denver</a> in 1906.</p><p>Although circulating half eagle production was discontinued in 1929, half eagle <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_commemorative_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_commemorative_coin" rel="nofollow">commemorative</a> and $5 denominated (1/10 ounce) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_coinage#Bullion_coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_coinage#Bullion_coins" rel="nofollow">bullion</a> coins were minted at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint" rel="nofollow">West Point</a> starting in the late twentieth century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fish4uinmd, post: 2571975, member: 74335"]I was researching the 1911-D [ATTACH=full]556380[/ATTACH] and came across this interesting trivia...albeit unique trivia. The pic is, of course, a 1908 plain. [SIZE=5][B]Distinctions[/B][/SIZE] The $5 denomination has the distinction of being the only denomination for which coins were minted at eight US mints. Prior to 1838 all half eagles were minted in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Mint']Philadelphia[/URL] because there were no other operating mints. In 1838, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Mint']Charlotte Mint[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlonega_Mint']Dahlonega Mint[/URL] produced half eagles of the Coronet type in their first years of operation, and would continue to mint half eagles until 1861, their last year of operation. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Mint']New Orleans Mint[/URL] minted half eagles from 1840 to 1861. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Mint']San Francisco Mint[/URL] first produced half eagles in 1854, its first year of operation, as did [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City_Mint']Carson City[/URL] in 1870, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Mint']Denver[/URL] in 1906. Although circulating half eagle production was discontinued in 1929, half eagle [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_commemorative_coin']commemorative[/URL] and $5 denominated (1/10 ounce) [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_coinage#Bullion_coins']bullion[/URL] coins were minted at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Mint']West Point[/URL] starting in the late twentieth century.[/QUOTE]
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