Well ladies and gentlemen, Today was an interesting day at the bank. 1 1974 series $50 note. Poor condition but still interesting. Now to the really cool. 1 full roll of 1974 kennedy's 1 full roll of 1979 Susan B. Anthony's 2 1999 Susans. When was the last time you seen a 99 susan in circulation?
i recently got two 1979 s susan b anthony dollars and 2 bicentennials halves from the bank, but never a walker
I get all the SBA that I need at the bank or the post-office. I got a 1934 10$ bill and a 1953 RED $5 both at the bank at Wal-mart...they know me there and keep their eyes out for them...silver too Speedy
I picked this little note up at a gas station in Las Vegas a while back. The clerk put it off to the side because she thought it was weird. So I gave her a new bill and an Indian cent for her trouble.
Absolutely. I deal with a few banks on a regular basis. Each time I visit, I take the head teller and any regular teller a coin. Usually a cleaned Indian or some other basically numismatic worthless coin. I have bent and worn Large Cents and Two Cent pieces I use as calling cards. I make up address labels with our website and phone number on them. Affix them to the 2x2 and pass them out to the tellers. They have my business card with cell number taped to their adding machines. This is such a great way to get them to remember you.
out of intrest did the indian nations in usa mint coins, and what are considered as the very first north american coins.
There is at least one Indian Nation that mints coins. I see some ads here and there about them, but never really looked into it.
yes i mean though are there old indian coins about before the white man hit the shores of north america or did they just trade in buffalo hides?
I've never heard of any coins minted in North America before the Mexico City Mint started producing Spanish gold and silver Reales in the early 17th Century or possibly the very late 16th. The earliest dated coins listed in Krause, 17th Century 2d Ed., are 1607 1, 2, 4 and 8 Reales, but undated Phillip III examples of all four types are listed, which could push the first minting date back as far as the beginning of his reign in 1589.
i dont think ive heard of any native american coins. They mostly traded goods and got the rest from their environment.
The first coins ever struck in North America - or anywhere in the New World for that matter - were struck when Carlos & Johanna ruled Spain, at the first Spanish colonial mint in what is now Mexico City. This mint was actually established at the home of Cortez and the first coins were struck in 1536. At the time - they only struck 4 denominations - 1/2, 1, 2 & 4 reales. In 1538 they struck the first 8 reale. They were struck using the hammer & anvil method - by hand. Today - there is only one authenticated 1538-MM 8 reale known to exist. It was found just last year at the home of a private collector in California. This coin - is a 4 reale that was struck at the new colonial mint - at the home of Cortez - between 1542 - 1545. The date can be determined by the assayers mark and the coin's design. The names of the monarchs can be seen on the coin. In the years that followed other Spanish colonial mints were established in Guatemala, Chile, Bolivia and Peru. The others are correct though - native Americans or Indians if you will, never struck coins of any kind. They owned and used silver & gold - but only for ornamamentation.
