The three-cent nickel, by this time, was unpopular because of its odd denomination and ( with the return of silver coinage ) its similarity in size to the proof strikings.
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The mintage of 2, 325 at New Orleans in 1879, the only postwar strikings there, is unexplained Breen suggested that the local mint superintendent might have anticipated a demand for the denomination.
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Though the cartwheel design was used again for the 1799 penny ( struck with the date 1797 ), all other strikings used lighter planchets to reflect the rise in the price of copper, and featured more conventional designs.
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However, strikings of the sort you're referring to should be avoided, except in extreme cases; this causes undue drama, and in general, users reviewing a RFA are capable of identifying obvious crap ! votes on their own.
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However, the Mint sometimes does " first strikings " of new coins, but the " first strikings " are ceremonial and usually consist of only two coins, which are not set aside but are put into the regular inventory of the new coins.
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However, the Mint sometimes does " first strikings " of new coins, but the " first strikings " are ceremonial and usually consist of only two coins, which are not set aside but are put into the regular inventory of the new coins.
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The 1934 Philadelphia strike appears in two versions : one with a light motto [ for " In God We Trust " ], which is the same as that used on the 1932 strikings, and the other a heavy motto seen after the dies were reworked.
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Due to the tight timeline for 1921 strikings of the dollar, it was not possible to await Baker's response, so on the authority of Treasury Undersecretary Seymour Parker Gilbert, who was approached by O'Reilly, the Mint proceeded with the redesign.
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The commemorative half dollars were struck in small numbers in most years of the 1930s; after collectors complained about the lengthy series and high prices, Congress forbade further strikings in 1939 . The first route across America, the Lincoln Highway, was completed in the 1920s, and others soon followed.
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One often seen definition of First Strike coins calls them " the first coins struck from a new set of dies . " Another calls them " near-perfect specimens produced within the first few hundred strikings in an edition . " The U . S . Mint's production and distribution practices challenge both definitions.
