RWB

Worn, damaged -- entirely typical and no added value.

Bags were made from canvas, not burlap.

In 1966 the initials FS were added to recognize the designer, Felix Schlag.

What a croc.

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The City and County of Denver. Police Safety Manager Frank Downer posted a $10,000 reward....dead or alive, or anywhere in between.

This letter to shyster Farran Zerbe was discovered during recent document imaging at NARA. As with the 1915 PPIE commemorates, Zerbe earned primary blame for poor sales of the coins.

This is the only presscopy (fuzzy) and transcription of Denver Mint Superintendent Grant's notice to the Director of the robbery that took place in front of the mint. I'm not sure if it has been published before. (The transcription was made by SW I am working on. It took 5 seconds to complete (the transcription not the SW.) Denver, Colorado, December 18, 1922 The Director of the Mint Washington D C At ten thirty this morning Federal Reserve Bank Denver automobile called at Mint to get two packages Federal Reserve notes fives amounting in all to two hundred thousand dollars. Just as they got the money in the automobile in front of the Mint a machine drove up and ordered the guards to throw up their hands. One of the Federal Reserve guards was shot probably fatally and in the melee the robbers got away with the money. The Mint guards and clerks fired about thirty shots at the bandits automobile as they left and we think one man was wounded. The Federal Reserve guards and bandits were in such position it was hard for our men to shoot from the windows on account of not being able to distinguish one man from the other. The number of the car was gotten and the police department were on the trail inside of two minutes. No results so far. The front door of the Mint was all shot full of holes by the bandits trying to keep our men in the building. Will advise if bandits are captured. Grant, Superintendent ________________________________________ GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL BUSINESS CHIEF U S MINT

The Saint-Gaudens DE thread you started is, as far as I know, unique on message boards. It is filled with excellent, perceptive questions and ought to be read by anyone who wants to collect the series.

I'll have to check the enabling details on that, but the gold clause suggests it.

This thread on the "Other Side of the Tracks" is one of the best ones in several months (in addition to the 1922-D cent threads). It deals with auctions of a couple of design models of favorite coins. (The only error in the thread is that the Buffalo nickel item is a bronze cast, not a filled galvano. Those were not generally used until the mid-1920s.) https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1101764/likely-unique-walking-liberty-half-plaster-in-upcoming-stacksbowers-auction

In 1927 you would have gotten 10-20 at hard labor. Until April 1933 you could have gotten gold coin, silver coin, or silver certificates. After July 1933 only silver coin or any kind of paper currency except gold certificates. You would never have gotten gold bullion unless you had $5,000 minimum and went through a large bank and paid a 0.5% premium. (FRBs and Treasury did not handle bullion.)

Zebo -- I understand the argument and historical context. However, without a statement of nominal value on the piece, it is merely a bullion token and not technically protected from counterfeiting. The same applies to any other coin-like item and is a primary separator of medal/token from coin.

The crown-size pieces have no denomination and are properly classed as commemorative medals. Sovereigns (with a few exceptions) are gold bullion pieces with no fixed legal tender value. They are no more coins than any other undenominated bullion. Just an opinion.

Imitation made for cheap jewelry by unskilled labor.

Yep. Everyone here can tell it's a fake...just tourist trap stuff.

"Mycolect" sounds like a microbial disease, or maybe.... "... colonization of the gastrointestinal tract with Bacteroides fragilis expressing an immunodominant bacterial polysaccharide, through dendritic cell activation and induction of a TH1-mediated response, leads to a splenic response characterized by normal numbers of CD4+ T cells, lymphoid architecture, and systemic lymphocytic expansion."

Can't tell anything from the photos. Graffiti ruins the coin, although Sacajawea dollars are not worth a premium, anyway.

No.

A really "low ball." Ricky Raccoon's little bother, Rocky, tested line paint for State Highway Department -- until his retirement.

Hmmm....you assume too much. It is common mechanical doubling. No value.

Nope. It got a lot of mentions at first across the railroad tracks, then vanished from conversations.

"Rarity Scales" in current use are a mixture of reported mintage and opinion. In only a few instances can we look to conformable production reports. 1894-S dimes or 1895 dollars, for example. Many others are assumptions and guesses such as 1913 Liberty nickels, and 1885 Trade dollars.

What is a truly rare coin? How is a coin's rarity determined? An anonymous person sitting at a nondescript desk in an anonymous rented building at an unnamed Third World Party Grading Service orders hamburger through an anonymous food delivery service (“Bacteria Hubb”). When the ‘burger arrives, the anonymous person opens the sandwich and loudly declares “Wow! Now that’s a rare specimen!” Another anonymous person sitting at a nondescript desk in an anonymous rented building at an unnamed Third World Party Grading Service hears the remark, thinks it refers to a coin and prints a little paper label saying “Rare. Specimen.” Yet another anonymous person sitting at a nondescript desk in an anonymous rented building at an unnamed Third World Party Grading Service sees the label come out of the printer and immediately writes a Press Release extolling the great rarity and value of the thusly labeled coin. That is how it happens today. It is the fault of a sucked-dry dead milk cow and an inanimate label printer.

The newly digitized materials from NARA include a large portion of correspondence about the Saint-Gaudens coin designs. See the other thread for access details. https://boards.ngccoin.com/topic/433067-large-addition-to-nnps-us-mint-records/