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It is a worn, circulated quarter. Worth 25-cents. Looks like other pocket change quarters.

Do not waste you money of "grading." That will add nothing to its value.

No. They will fluctuate as such fads always do. Do you want to trade them for Beanie Babies, or Bradford Exchange plates, or FM sterling silver bird plates?

Wizard Coin Supply in Virginia, and some other supply companies carry them in stock.

The bronze item pictured above is not a "hub trial," "die trial," "trial by fire," or a "Happy Trials to You..." (cue the Trigger cameo)

A "Price Guide" is intended to show or indicate a course, or is a list of approximations intended to assist users. It is not an absolute set of values, nor is it necessarily consistently derived from identical sources.

Which weighs more in your coin buying budget?

If you will read the section in Girl on the Silver Dollar it should clear most of your confusion. There are no drawings with the posted letters. They might exist -- somewhere -- someplace -- sometime. There's a place for them...." [got to hit that minor 7th....] The item pictured is merely a copper or brass test piece of central matrix, with rough star placement and text spacing - it's not a pattern for anything.

Thanks!

It quickly becomes "just junk."

That sounds like A) more trouble than it's worth, and B) only woks is ALL items are priced accordingly, and C) only for cash transactions.

"Centennial Dollar" follow-up. FYI May 5 1876 Hon. James Pollock Sir I send you sketches of the New Dollar as proposed and described in the directions you did me the honor to hand to me. In No. 1 I have shown [sic] a reverse, having the number of stars, wreath, and denomination only, omitting all inscriptions. And of course omitting the stars on its obverse as we have them here, viz in this drawing. In No. 2 I have shewn [sic] the inscription of “First Centennial of American Independence” and suggested how the motto “In God We Trust” could be inserted on either face of the coin. In No. 3 I have simply shewn [sic] for example how the stars would look in the outer circumference of the letters United States of America as in this No. 3 or inside the words as in No. 2. I wish to remark that if we use the motto “First Centennial of American Independence” it would involve making a new die when no longer appropriate. Also by taking up some of our space, prevents the full display of a wreath, as shown in drawing No. 1. In No. 4 I shew [sic] a wreath and stars on the reverse, and the Head of Liberty and appropriate mottos on the obverse. I am Sir Very respectfully Yours, William Barber May 6, 1876 Hon. H.R. Linderman Director of the Mint Washington, D.C. Sir In compliance with your request of the 1st inst., our Engraver, Mr. Barber, has prepared, and I herewith enclose for your consideration, four designs for a new silver dollar, for the Centennial and subsequent years. My own decided preference for the Centennial dollar is the design on card No. 2 and for the subsequent years the design on card No. 4. The Engraver is in entire accord with me in this choice. The designs explain themselves, and show how very happily they can be adapted to the proposed new coin, without crowding or clumsiness. No. 2 gives with ease and neatness the essential and very desirable inscription “First Centennial of American Independence,” and No. 4 shows how very readily and appropriately for future years the circle of stars can be transferred from the obverse to the reverse, in lieu of the Centennial inscription, and yet preserve the general unity of the successive issues of the new dollar, while still leaving the Centennial dollar a distinctive coin by itself. [May 8, 1876 I think the idea of using “First Centennial of American Independence” on the regular issue had better be abandoned, and strike a specimen (No. 3) using the Regular Obverse for that purpose. As the piece could be struck on the large Press, you could readily strike any number required. I shall be glad to discuss the matter fully on Thursday. H.R. Linderman, Director.

Data sources would be the same but the user interface (UI) will display different data depending on the role assigned to the user by system administration role definition sub-routine. The "hack" Bear mentioned also suggests a possible security defect in US Mint (vendor) software.

The same code is used for multiple viewers who see only what the UI permits. In this situation it is possible the customer service staff see what the customer sees, plus additional data that could help them to take appropriate action. Raw data probably comes from the same sets of databases regardless of UI or user role.

Mr. Lange: Where did you find this photo? Thanks!

Tasty.

The bullion and coins were taken by truck to a nearby railway yard (not a station) and gently loaded into box cars for the trip to Denver. I do not know the exact number of Post Office guards on each car.

Yep...must be "OK" ... Just like putting "Pimple Remover" on a container of nitric acid.

Real Bison have cuds....

Thanks Mr.Bill347 for the recommendation. The book has a lot of information, but is not a book of basic info -- some can be fairly complex, even daunting, for a beginner. But, I am told that it is a book that readers go back to many times.

It's also a meaningless name so far as coinage goes...If the Mint still sold silver spoons, it might be realistic.

Nouzillet & CaptHenway The Roosevelt Administration began transferring gold from San Francisco to Denver in late 1933. Eventually gold was concentrated at Ft. Knox and silver at West Point. Purpose of the gold transfer was to relieve overcrowding at San Francisco and to move gold away from the west coast - an area FDR considered vulnerable to Japanese attack.

There was internal correspondence about possibly striking a special Centennial Souvenir dollar, but there wasn't much enthusiasm for it, and the medals were very popular with collectors.

See the comment on the other post, nearby. ["New Burnished American Eagles"]

Burnishing is a way of polishing by using a polished hard steel graver or similar tool. The US Mint does not "burnish" coins, dies, hubs, master dies, and certainly not their reputation.