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Yes. Anyone could make their request through a member of Congress or the Executive branch. Business people were often members. Treasury wanted people of high repute and prominent if different parts of the country. This enhanced credibility in the Commission and thus in American silver and gold coinage.

The commission was for a cent and double eagle/all gold coins. The DE remained largely as designed in 1906. The cent obverse became the Eagle obverse and the private inaugural medal reverse (A.S-G and Weinman) became the Eagle reverse - both at President Roosevelt's insistence. Dies and pattern half eagles using the DE design were made, but the coins were destroyed after TR accepted sunk relief touted by Bigelow. The HE dies are at the Philadelphia Mint die vault #2.

I caught only the last half of the 1932 Eagle sales show (thanks for the date correction!), but I noticed the use of ebay prices, too - there was also a disclaimer about them (in red) at the bottom of the screen. As for the book, I appreciate knowing what he used it for. It's published material so referenced quotes are OK. I'll check this week and see if sales went up. None of them sounded familiar, but they are verbal claims in the same category as "rare" and the fuzz about "MS-62" being something special when it isn't. This part is completely unknowable since no tracking by date was done, and the quantity of gold coins has been persistently confused with combined coins and gold certificates. (My DE book has the quantities divided - most existing gold coin was in Treasury vaults.)

Just after the double overtime Army-Navy game, I happened to tune in to the Rare Coin TV show selling 1932 Eagles. I was surprised to see my book, Renaissance of American Coinage 1905-1908, prominently displayed standing upright next to some of the coins being sold. I missed any reference to the book, but seeing my very own little tome on TV was an interesting experience. Here's the book cover:

Eventually they will be used, just a UNC was once only 60-63-65-67

An old term you might come across: "Benton's Mint Drops." This is a pun on patent medicine and Jackson's "hard money" cure for the economic depression his policies started.

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A poster asked about membership on the Annual Assay Commission. Here's Dir. Leech's view.

Just invert the "6" into a "9" -- all done.

NGCX appears to copy the present 60-70 uncirculated coin range into its 90-100 range. Then, it spreads circulated coins currently occupying 1-58, into zero to 89 (or maybe 1 to 89). The result is to give sellers more tiny increments in which to confuse and price gouge collectors. For the TPGs, it opens lots of "necessary" regrading submissions, thus increasing revenue by re-doing decades of paid grading events. The small increment grading of circulated coins merely adds confusion and inconsistency to an already messed-up system. Almost every coin will have to be accompanied by an explanation of why it is "graded" 5.2 and not 5.3, and when combined with the absurdity of subjective/opinion in grades, the whole thing becomes a useless mess. (Well, more of a useless mess than it already is.) Coin grading demands: 1) stability, 2) objectivity, 3) empirical data standards, and 4) consistency. This is something ANA tried to do in the 1980s, but then they got "spinus dissolvus" and sold out.

Well, if no one spots the major variety by Sunday evening I'll post the answer. (I thought this one would be easy; it's highly relevant.)

The post titled "Support the ANA" https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1084655/support-the-ana is by a former employee, and offers comments of potential interest to members here.

I deal with some of the 1936 complaints in the proof coin book - there were others too numerous to print. Collectors forced the change for the base metal coins and also pushed for better brilliant proof quality for silver. Sinnock and the engraving dept had to learn how do to things all over. The old proof coin makers were dead.

There are really two "bins" of data. Circulated, where there is a true continuum based on measurable wear, and Uncirculated, where there is a continuum only of surface marks and not the base coin itself. These imply there should be 2 ratings with one beginning is "identifiable" and ending with "About uncirculated" (real not the phony TPGs now tout), and "uncirculated" beginning with lots of marks scrapes, etc. and ending with "Perfect - as it came from the dies."

Nothing was reported missing either 1933 DE or bullion from melting them (the records exist), no investigation was made either internal to the Mint or via the USSS, there were no complaints. If one follows strict accounting using the US Mint's records, there is a surplus of gold equal to the number of 1933 destroyed in the 1950s or taken by court action in 2011. $20 was a full week's pay for most--- and a full week's living expenses.

Ike didn't have that much hair....

Looks like we need another hint. Here's a photo of a normal bicentennial half dollar, same magnification.

Well......That wasn't the reason for bringing back proofs in 1936 but it was for making mirror proofs. The technical reason was that by 1936 all the renaissance designs had been altered to have uniform basins -- these could be polished easily.

The artists objected to shiny, polished baubles. The approved other types of medallic finishes and treatments, including sandblasting and antiquing (as seen on some 1921 Peace dollars).

I'm not really sure how a scale can grade coins....Scales are used mainly to keep fish warm and measure weight. Hmmmmm...?

One hint: The "S"s and and "C" are from different fonts. Likewise the two "R"s --- but those are not the obvious things. Keep looking...

A more precise question might be : "What didn't happen to this coin?"

Thanks for the history, but can anyone spot the variety or "error?"

I see it! I see the error !!!! It's a biggie, too ! "Quarter" is misspelled on this "1989 Quater error." Great find! Should sell for thousands! (I'll bid 29 Quatloos !)

This is also seen in better resolution in "progress sets" for medals.