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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1275967, member: 6229"]<font face="arial"><font size="3">Just how much do you know about U.S.A. coins? Which of the commemorative issues involving two denominations have the same design?</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">There is only one commemorative issue involving two denominations that have the same design on both sides:</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">That issue was minted as a memorial to Ulysses Grant and is dated 1922. The two coins (silver Half Dollar and gold Dollar) not only bear the same design on both sides, but they share another sameness, namely,</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">According to mint documents, Laura Gardin Fraser's design included a star in the field of the coin's obverse on both denominations. The star was placed above the "<b>N</b>" in GRANT. All early strike coins of both denominations bear that star. Later strikes don't.</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">4,256 silver Half Dollars exhibit star</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">67,405 silver Half Dollar are minus the star</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">Gold Dollars have an even split:</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">5,016 with star and 5,016 without star</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><u>1922 Grant Memorial Silver Half Dollar (Star):</u></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><u> </u></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><u></u></b>(Goldberg Auctions photo)</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b> </b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b></b><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=16&lot=806" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=16&lot=806" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=16&lot=806</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"><u>1922 Grant Memorial Silver Half Dollar (No Star):</u></font></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"><u> </u></font></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"><u></u></font></b><font size="4">(coinpage.com photo)</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b><u> </u></b></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b><u></u></b></font><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2893.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2893.html" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2893.html</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"><u>1922 Grant Memorial Gold Dollar (Star):</u></font></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"><u></u></font></b><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4">(Goldberg Auctions photo)</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b><u> </u></b></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b><u></u></b></font><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=41&lot=1842" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=41&lot=1842" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=41&lot=1842</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b><u>1922 Grant Memorial Gold Dollar (No Star):</u></b></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b><u> </u></b></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b><u></u></b>(earlycommemorativecoins.com photo)</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"></font><a href="http://earlycommemorativecoins.com/1922-grant-memorial-gold-dollar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://earlycommemorativecoins.com/1922-grant-memorial-gold-dollar/" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://earlycommemorativecoins.com/1922-grant-memorial-gold-dollar/</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"> </font></b></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><b><font size="4"></font></b><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed reading about this trivia on the 1922 Grant Mermorial commemorative issues...</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b> </b></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"><b></b>Clinker</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1275967, member: 6229"][FONT=arial][SIZE=3]Just how much do you know about U.S.A. coins? Which of the commemorative issues involving two denominations have the same design? There is only one commemorative issue involving two denominations that have the same design on both sides: That issue was minted as a memorial to Ulysses Grant and is dated 1922. The two coins (silver Half Dollar and gold Dollar) not only bear the same design on both sides, but they share another sameness, namely, According to mint documents, Laura Gardin Fraser's design included a star in the field of the coin's obverse on both denominations. The star was placed above the "[B]N[/B]" in GRANT. All early strike coins of both denominations bear that star. Later strikes don't. 4,256 silver Half Dollars exhibit star 67,405 silver Half Dollar are minus the star Gold Dollars have an even split: 5,016 with star and 5,016 without star [B][U]1922 Grant Memorial Silver Half Dollar (Star): [/U][/B][U][/U](Goldberg Auctions photo) [B] [/B][URL="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=16&lot=806"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=16&lot=806[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [B][SIZE=4] [U]1922 Grant Memorial Silver Half Dollar (No Star): [/U][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4][U][/U](coinpage.com photo) [B][U] [/U][/B][U][/U][/SIZE][URL="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2893.html"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2893.html[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [B][SIZE=4] [U]1922 Grant Memorial Gold Dollar (Star): [/U][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4][U][/U] (Goldberg Auctions photo) [B][U] [/U][/B][U][/U][/SIZE][URL="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=41&lot=1842"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=41&lot=1842[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=4] [B][U]1922 Grant Memorial Gold Dollar (No Star): [/U][/B][U][/U](earlycommemorativecoins.com photo) [/SIZE][URL="http://earlycommemorativecoins.com/1922-grant-memorial-gold-dollar/"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://earlycommemorativecoins.com/1922-grant-memorial-gold-dollar/[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [B][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4]Hope you enjoyed reading about this trivia on the 1922 Grant Mermorial commemorative issues... [B] [/B]Clinker [/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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