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<p>[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3128087, member: 41219"]My family and I went down to D.C. today to tour the BEP and also the Smithsonian Museum of American History.</p><p><br /></p><p>The BEP was interesting but honestly was "meh" compared to the Philly mint. They were printing $20 bills at the time and there were stacks and stacks of ~$6.4 million all over the place. In one of the places we saw, I counted over $108,000,000. It was neat to see but made me really feel like our paper money is worthless after seeing so much.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the BEP tour we went over to the Museum of American History. I knew of the small gallery on the 2nd floor but I didn't know about the Gallery of Numismatics. Holy Cow I was like a kid in a candy store! Unfortunately my 2 year old was about done for the day so we didn't get to stay nearly as long as I would have liked to. I managed to snap a few pictures on my phone and thought I'd share with you all:</p><p><br /></p><p>1877 $50 Half Union </p><p>[ATTACH=full]797489[/ATTACH] </p><p>1907 $20 Flying Eagle High Relief</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797490[/ATTACH] </p><p>1913 Liberty Nickel</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797491[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1974 Aluminum 1 Cent</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797495[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some really awesome Hobo Nickels[ATTACH=full]797496[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3128087, member: 41219"]My family and I went down to D.C. today to tour the BEP and also the Smithsonian Museum of American History. The BEP was interesting but honestly was "meh" compared to the Philly mint. They were printing $20 bills at the time and there were stacks and stacks of ~$6.4 million all over the place. In one of the places we saw, I counted over $108,000,000. It was neat to see but made me really feel like our paper money is worthless after seeing so much. After the BEP tour we went over to the Museum of American History. I knew of the small gallery on the 2nd floor but I didn't know about the Gallery of Numismatics. Holy Cow I was like a kid in a candy store! Unfortunately my 2 year old was about done for the day so we didn't get to stay nearly as long as I would have liked to. I managed to snap a few pictures on my phone and thought I'd share with you all: 1877 $50 Half Union [ATTACH=full]797489[/ATTACH] 1907 $20 Flying Eagle High Relief [ATTACH=full]797490[/ATTACH] 1913 Liberty Nickel [ATTACH=full]797491[/ATTACH] 1974 Aluminum 1 Cent [ATTACH=full]797495[/ATTACH] Some really awesome Hobo Nickels[ATTACH=full]797496[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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