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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.

No, the historical presumption is that the seller (merchant) would always round up - even if it meant giving the customer a cent or two less than they were entitled to. Specifying the mechanism, allows payout equipment (cash registers) to display the correct rounding regardless of who is buyer or seller. Today, a gain or loss of 1 or 2 cents on any transaction is meaningless because the cent is merely a sales tax token.

Good info. It was somewhere in that period....Old auction catalogs are kind of low on the research source list.

Might have occurred before the bars were packaged....? Since the containers were not air tight, lots of things could have happened, You might try storing them as-in in a tightly sealed box with several packets of silica gel and sulfur absorbent archival sheets. This can sometimes lessen the appearance and damage....if there is any.

American sculptors and plate engravers copied from a group of more or less standard Greco-Roman portrait copies and French Neo-Classical imitations. I don't think we can attribute any of the coin or medal designs to a specific prototype unless mentioned by the sculptor or a reliable associate.

"Sailor Head" came from an 1890 auction catalog....don't remember which one at the moment. There are many accumulated parts of the pattern and experimental references that would benefit from a thorough scrubbing, or at least a restorative "dip." A large gap in pattern and novodel knowledge includes basic specifications and alloy. Calling a piece "white metal" is garbage -- it's probably a cheap tin alloy, but not always and we should have those specifications available to all. (The reaction when I mention this to tpgs is mostly "duhhh.")

The detergent reaction suggests organic contamination -- but in a U.S. Mint-sealed container? Are the containers actually air tight?

I understand the confusion and frustration. When someone writes, "Is this a proof?" we can respond "No - and here's how proof were made/or here's the differences." But what that does not determine is the questioner's individual understanding of the words they used. Getting that 'out of the way' first, opens the door to an explanation.

The "rounding argument" has been used since the half cent was eliminated. The presumption is that the sell would always round up in their favor, thus causing the buyer to lose a small amount with every transaction. The proposal I made (and made by many, many others) eliminates that by including round-up/round-down specifications in the law. Further, the present move away from cash transactions means that the majority of purchases would be completely unaffected. The annualized loss or gain totals just 3-cents.

People learn best if they express what it is they see that causes a specific conclusion. Beating them over the cranium with answers - which they are not prepared to understand - before they have been able to describe a situation or opinion, only produces greater confusion.

I'm asking because the OP must have some basis for thinking the coin is a proof. After hearing back, I plan to then provide the information. This is standard educational methodology that includes engaging the student -- but it also determines if the student is receptive to the information. (A similar approach is used for assessing the relative reliability of research information.)

It will be at least a year -- maybe more. It is a difficult subject with many scattered sources, and unexpected gaps in records. It is also contaminated by decades of idle speculation, guesses, assumptions and false stories.

Can you describe a "1922" proof? (high or low relief) What makes you think your coin is a "proof." How were proof Peace dollars made?

OP. Please log onto the internet and search for authentic 1969-S doubled die coins. Compare to yours.

Damage, nothing more.

The bill I proposed last year included elimination of 1 and 5-cent coins, addition of a titanium $5 coin, and cash purchase rounding (but not credit rounding). The bill was not acted upon.

There is considerable circumstantial evidence from correspondence by Pollock, Snowden, Linderman, Dubios and several others plus congressional comments and related materials. I have reviewed much - not all - of this and that is the cumulative source of my opinions on the matter. I am currently researching the subject of restrikes of circulation and pattern pieces, and have made some interesting discoveries. Everything will eventually be published. However, a message board is not the appropriate place -- anyway, it wold give away the "punch lines." Your assumptions are largely at odds with known facts, behavior and purposes. The 20-cent is a good example of a baseless assumption -- Linderman was absolutely clear about his thoughts on the design. (see quote.) Nothing refutes that. Existence of some novodels made at a later date does not change anything Linderman wrote. Collectors of that era were fully aware of the potential for distorting history by restriking coins and patterns, or inventing pre-dated fantasies.