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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 410365, member: 12718&quot;]I would like to see members post a picture of one of their favorite coins, provide some details about the coin (i.e. mint, mintage #, or design details, etc.), and then provide some key events from that year in history.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of my favorites is my 1847 Seated Liberty Dollar (no motto), mintage 140,750:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh297/IndianaCatbert/1847%20Seated%20Dollar/100-1847-a-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Coin Facts:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;The Seated Liberty Silver Dollar coin of 1840 to 1873 was the first regular issue coin of this denomination since 1803 (technically, the 1804 Dollar was struck in 1834 and restruck in the 1860s). Despite the long hiatus for the denomination, it still did not circulate well. Many of the mintage figures within the series are low for that reason (should it be surprising, considering that a skilled occupation paid $9.72 per six-day week in 1860?).&quot; <a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/seated_liberty_dollars/seated_liberty_silver_dollars.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/seated_liberty_dollars/seated_liberty_silver_dollars.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/seated_liberty_dollars/seated_liberty_silver_dollars.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Historical Facts:</p><ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Samuel Colt</span></a><span style="color: black"> sells his first </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">revolver</span></a><span style="color: black"> pistol to the U.S government.</span></li> <li><span style="color: black">The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">United States</span></a><span style="color: black"> issues its first </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">postage stamps</span></a><span style="color: black">.</span></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_Buena" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_Buena" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Yerba Buena</span></a><span style="color: black">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">California</span></a><span style="color: black"> is renamed </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">San Francisco</span></a><span style="color: black">.</span></li> <li>On going <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American_War" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Mexican-American War</span></a><span style="color: black"> (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1846" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1846" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">1846</span></a><span style="color: black">-</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1848" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1848" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">1848</span></a><span style="color: black">)</span></li> <li>Thomas Edison and Jesse James born</li> </ul><p>Ok, the challenge is on......post a favorite and give some history![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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