U.S. Mint To Use 1794 Dollar Designs

The ANA Money Museum in Colorado Springs has one they use to make souvenirs out of pewter. I can't remember if it is a legit screw press for mint use, as this was at least 10 years ago when I was there.

 

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I can’t wait to see these. I’ll have to start saving more for the gold beauty!!

 

A screw press is a screw press. Theirs is set up to work like a non-mechanized screw press at any mint that would use one. It's not big enough to strike anything but pewter, though. I asked what the pressure was back in June, and can't remember, but I think it was on the order of 1 ton.

 

Here a picture of the "coin press" the Philadelphia Mint has one display in its museum area. The people at the Gallery Mint told me it's really a planchet cutter. It's not big enough to strike coins. It could not exert enough force.



Pictures of the real thing look like this.



I say the press at the ANA. They let us fool around with some double strikes and off center strikes. I have the pieces somewhere, don't have pictures. I find the pieces, I'll photograph them and post some pictures. That press is also too small to strike real coins in copper or brass. Everything is in white metal.

 

Would ANACS issue First Screwed™ labels? I can see Mike Mezack hocking them as "These are the very first coins screwed by the mint in 200 years!!!".

 

That's one opinion!

 

I saw the article about the silver version of the 1794 coin. I hope the price is right as well as the quantity that is available. Are they only making the silver coin. I would like it if it will be available in a gold coin.

 

2024 Silver, 2025 gold.. or they say.... I've been collecting the gold and silver of the American Liberty Gold coins. I missed the 2015. If a silver is made, I collect them as well. I don't have them graded because I don't trust them leaving my hands. My favorite is the horse. I'm hoping that I will get both versions of the 2024 Silver and the 2025 Gold coins. At 75, I'm not as quick as I use to be.

 

It appears the mint has withdrawn the idea of using the flowing hair design on the American Liberty series and will use it in a yet-to-be-announced issue.

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/mint-changes-plans-for-1794-1-american-liberty-designs

 

Should we not have talked about it? Or was the government just screwing with us?