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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 177575, member: 6229"]<b><u><p style="text-align: center">CHECK OUT THESE THREE COINS VERY CAREFULLY SO YOU CAN</p><p></u></b><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><u><b>FIND OUT THEIR COMMON CONNECTION</b></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur</a></p><p> </p><p><font size="2"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/42-345&desc=Chinese%20Empire/Republic%20y345%201%20Dollar%20(1933-1934" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/42-345&desc=Chinese%20Empire/Republic%20y345%201%20Dollar%20(1933-1934" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/42-345&desc=Chinese%20Empire/Republic%20y345%201%20Dollar%20(1933-1934</a>)</font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-73&desc=Canada%20km73%2010%20Cents%20(1968)%20larger%20ship" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-73&desc=Canada%20km73%2010%20Cents%20(1968)%20larger%20ship" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-73&desc=Canada%20km73%2010%20Cents%20(1968)%20larger%20ship</a></font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2">Made the connection yet?</font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2">They were all produced in the United States.</font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2">Both the Phillipines "MacArthur" 50 Centavos and 1 Peso commemeroratives were struck at the San Francisco Mint.</font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2">The 1934, as well as, the 1933 Chinese "Junk" Dollar restrikes were struck at different mints here in the U.S.A.</font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2">Half of Canada's 1968 10-cent coins were produced by the Philadelphia Mint. So too were many of the 1969 10-cent pieces.</font></p><p><font size="2"> </font></p><p><font size="2">By an act of Congress on January 29, 1874 the mint was given explicit authority to produce coinage for foreign countries. It further </font><font size="3">stated, "apprporiate charges could be fixed by the director of the Mint, with the approval of the secretary of of the Treasury and according to such regulations as the secretary might prescribe."</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Venezuela has the honorable distinction of being the first foreign country to do so (1875 and 1876). A total mintage during those two years resulted in 10,000,000 one-centavo coins and 2,000,000 2.5 centavos coins being struck.</p><p> </p><p>NOTE 1: These coins were to be of a copper-nickel-zinc composition not in use in U.S.A. coinage, so the planchets were supplied by the Waterbury Mint, a private mint located in Connecticut.</p><p> </p><p>NOTE 2. From 1875 to 1984 the United States minted more than 11.3 billion coins for more than 40 foreign entities</p><p> </p><p>NOTE 3. Panama entered into the largest contract with the US Mint (45.6 million coins in five denominations) in 1984.</p><p> </p><p>NOTE 4. Philadelphia struck some 1897 coins for the Dominican Republic using dies made in Paris which bore the Paris Mint's "A" mintmark.</p><p> </p><p>The New Orleans Mint only struck foreign coins once. In 1907. It struck 20-centavo coins for Mexico. They would be denied from striking the coins with an "O" mint mark or with a privy mark because the dies were made by, and supplied by, the Mexico City Mint bearing the little "0" over large "M" mintmark.The mint closed in 1909.</p><p> </p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 177575, member: 6229"][B][U][CENTER]CHECK OUT THESE THREE COINS VERY CAREFULLY SO YOU CAN[/CENTER] [/U][/B][CENTER] [U][B]FIND OUT THEIR COMMON CONNECTION[/B][/U] [B][/B] [B][/B] [/CENTER] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/142-185&desc=Philippines%20km185%201%20Peso%20(1947)%20Douglas%20MacArthur[/URL] [SIZE=2][URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/42-345&desc=Chinese%20Empire/Republic%20y345%201%20Dollar%20(1933-1934"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/42-345&desc=Chinese%20Empire/Republic%20y345%201%20Dollar%20(1933-1934[/URL])[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-73&desc=Canada%20km73%2010%20Cents%20(1968)%20larger%20ship"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-73&desc=Canada%20km73%2010%20Cents%20(1968)%20larger%20ship[/URL] Made the connection yet? They were all produced in the United States. Both the Phillipines "MacArthur" 50 Centavos and 1 Peso commemeroratives were struck at the San Francisco Mint. The 1934, as well as, the 1933 Chinese "Junk" Dollar restrikes were struck at different mints here in the U.S.A. Half of Canada's 1968 10-cent coins were produced by the Philadelphia Mint. So too were many of the 1969 10-cent pieces. By an act of Congress on January 29, 1874 the mint was given explicit authority to produce coinage for foreign countries. It further [/SIZE][SIZE=3]stated, "apprporiate charges could be fixed by the director of the Mint, with the approval of the secretary of of the Treasury and according to such regulations as the secretary might prescribe."[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] Venezuela has the honorable distinction of being the first foreign country to do so (1875 and 1876). A total mintage during those two years resulted in 10,000,000 one-centavo coins and 2,000,000 2.5 centavos coins being struck. NOTE 1: These coins were to be of a copper-nickel-zinc composition not in use in U.S.A. coinage, so the planchets were supplied by the Waterbury Mint, a private mint located in Connecticut. NOTE 2. From 1875 to 1984 the United States minted more than 11.3 billion coins for more than 40 foreign entities NOTE 3. Panama entered into the largest contract with the US Mint (45.6 million coins in five denominations) in 1984. NOTE 4. Philadelphia struck some 1897 coins for the Dominican Republic using dies made in Paris which bore the Paris Mint's "A" mintmark. The New Orleans Mint only struck foreign coins once. In 1907. It struck 20-centavo coins for Mexico. They would be denied from striking the coins with an "O" mint mark or with a privy mark because the dies were made by, and supplied by, the Mexico City Mint bearing the little "0" over large "M" mintmark.The mint closed in 1909. Clinker[/QUOTE]
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