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Shipping and finance news was important to businesses and travelers. That is why ship manifests and sailing dates/times were daily features of newspapers. Large gold transfers were often reported in business articles, even including which banks provided the gold, its purpose, source, and where on a ship the gold was being stowed. Telegraphic transfers via ear-marks were not usually reported - there was no physical movement to report. Treasury internal reports might include these transactions or just lump everything together as "ear-marks." Here's a sample from May 1928.

Yep, you got it right.

The labor cost of keeping any world coin pricing database up to date would likely be very large -- for almost no return on investment.

Financial sections of New York papers included gold shipments as routine data. These were also mentioned in some US Mint documents, and bank documents along with comments in Congressional materials. One article might point to several others. It was a matter of searching and paying attention to details. The basic goals were to verify statements of exports or imports using multiple sources. Some articles were also useful for "topical color" and context. I used public newspaper databases, such as Library if Congress, as well as university, library and a bunch of private (for-pay) databases including Lex-Nex. [To the ignorant this is all merely "regurgitation" since the information already existed....]

Interesting project. Specie brokers were the primary handlers of gold from Colonial through1850s.

The OP's coin is not a "Bugs Bunny" or even an "Elmer Fudd."

It is about ego and the biggest toys. Confiscate everything owned by the Russian oligarchs and sell it on ebay -- starting at 1-cent.

Hmmm....I thought they used an E-Z-Bake for this. The things ya' learn when not paying attention!

Back to the original subject, please.

Suggest you send it to NGC for authentication, if you have doubts. There are simply too many fakes to sort it out from a couple of photos.

Quiz: A certain telescope is capable of photographing a dime on the surface of the moon. What date and design is the dime?

Relative authenticated populations could be somewhat useful, but only because proof Buffaloes have largely remained within the control of coin collectors. The slab "grades" are opinions and that means reality falls to the opinions of the buyer. As with "prices," the labels are guides not absolutes. Mark is entirely on-point.

Treasury lawyers don't routinely go looking for obscure documents without a reason. Filing systems at Treasury & Mint were/are poorly managed, maintained and indexed. Further, large swathes are missing or known destroyed "to save space." The Fenton case was sufficient impetus for Treasury's own search - regardless of what others ("outsiders") might claim. (My experience was that Treasury would not accept NARA-Certified documents, but insisted on finding them themselves. A large waste of time and work. Big fees for the contractors.)

I bought my Toyota hybrid for long-term efficiency. It routinely gets 670 miles per tank of gas. Dropped my daughter at the train station in DC Monday....Got 62 mpg. [Incorrect information removed.] Now, I would not speculate on refining Russian gold. I suspect prices will increase because the sanctions effectively embargo Russian metals.

I'm merely speaking of the lost opportunity to be creative. The Mint's "innovation coin" designs might be different, but they make no use of the medium that is, of itself, innovative. Whatever their monetary value is a separate matter, and you have a nice looking presentation.

All lottery tickets have equal chances to be the big winner. That's part of the system design. But coin dies and presses are designed to prevent there being any "winners" like the OP shows. Hence, that cannot occur without "outside" help and fraud.

Just to be clear on Coinbuf's quote. The pressure used to strike the coins was the same. Ergo, parts cannot be "better struck" than others. What is described is differential abrasion due to over use and irregularities in die steel. That is, some parts are sharper than others - but not "better struck." OK...ok....it's a couple of nits.

These are also available at some office supply stores and educational materials stores. Does CAC use silver smiley faces?

I would like them if the designs were "innovative" and not the usual rubbish.

Here is a Tiberius denarius authenticated by NGC for comparison. There are many varieties.

Yeah, but what use to Russia are Myanmar Kyat or Cuban bananas? Their exchange banks are locked out of SWIFT.

Dies started out OK but were used far too long. The reverses were hold overs from previous years.

Well, there's an open crack to TJ might be right.

I had to keep checking and convince myself this was a reasonable quantity -- I remain open to some extent on this. It seems like a lot of coins for something that barely circulated and was really just an export item.

Based on the larger images on my PC, I suspect a damaged 1926. The tail of the 2nd "9" is not at the correct angle. Mechanically, the only way an overdate could occur in the 1920 was by a working die being impressed with hubs from two different years. This happened in 1909/8 DE, 1918/7 nickels and quarters, 1942/1 dimes (P and D mints).