Alex in PA.

Added tidbit:

I did extensive research on Dr. Andrew, including working with family bebmers, to establish his roles in development of the National Monetary Commission (resulting in Federal Reserve System), US Mint, US Treasury (Asst. Sec Treas), American Field Ambulance Service (AFS), work with friends and others to get Ford ambulances to France, American Legion foundation, member of Congress from Mass, relationship with Cecilia Beaux, and other points of influence. His written materials demonstrate depth of research knowledge well beyond that shown by any US Government contemporary in finance and related fields. He was also one of the wealthy "Boston Brahmans" who hosted exotic weekend parties, and described in contemporary terms as "a bachelor who lived alone."
See Renaissance of American Coinage 1909-1915 and particularly Chapter 5 "Novus Ordo Seclorum."

This comment from Dir Andrew deserves clarification. The Philadelphia Mint routinely announced to clubs, newspapers and hobby publications the date proof sets would be available and the price. This practice continued through the term of Dir. George Roberts and erratically through Frank Leach's term. At various times previous mail-order purchasers were also sent a notice. Some of the confusion exists because most proof sets were sold at the mint in person to visitors or local coin dealers. Thus, there was never a comprehensive mailing list available.
Dir Andrew comes across as excessively demanding and one who assumed that new technology would work from the beginning. When he bought some auto adjusting balances, he almost immediately fired all the gold blank adjusters. The ladies had to be rehired a few months later when the machines did not perform as well as Andrew expected. He was also a "tight-arse" in more ways than one. He was also one of the smartest people in all of government service.

At the time the information was collected (20+ years ago), NARA did not allow cameras and prevented copying of letterpress books on their photocopiers. I had to transcribe everything so I use abbreviations and code words the I later cleaned up.

That refers to mint director A. Piatt Andrew, and it is my shorthand reference for filing purposes, not an official statement.
PS: It was not a "memo." It was a reply to a letter forwarded by the White House to Director Andrew for an official response

For coins, it began with the first collector and remains firmly entrenched in the hobby.
 

And I thought that public whining was a phenomena of the last half of the 20th century. 

December 9, 1909
From: Andrew
To: Giles R. Anderson, Waterbury, Connecticut
     Your letter of the 1st instant addressed to Mr. Fred W. Carpenter, Secretary to the President, has been referred to this Bureau by the Secretary of the Treasury. In reply you are respectfully informed that your former letter was referred to this Bureau by the Superintendent of the Mint at Philadelphia and it was supposed that officer would reply to you. Upon examination it appears that he returned your letter with the statement that there were no proof Lincoln cent with the initials “V.D.B.” on hand. The Superintendent states that there was only one lot of proof Lincoln cents with the initials made, as the coinage of these pieces was stopped five days after the first issue. He also states that orders were filled as received and the stock was soon exhausted. Having been directed to discontinue the coinage of the Lincoln one-cent pieces bearing the initials “V. D. B.” there was no alternative but to stop coining both the ordinary and the proof pieces.
     It is not considered a part of the duty of the Superintendent of the Mint to notify coin collectors when proof coins can be had. I regret that your did not file your application in time with the Superintendent of the Mint at Philadelphia to obtain proofs of the Lincoln one-cent piece with initials.
     In the examination of the letter of the Superintendent of the Mint at Philadelphia returning your former letter to the Bureau the 25 cents forwarded by you was found enclosed and is returned herewith.

The ONLY railroad to pass through Den'ts Run was an off shoot of the Philadelphia - Erie Railroad and it was called the Low Grade.  Now, what you have after reading this is two or three guys who worship Punxsutawney Phil and sample their own brand of Pennsylvania Mountain Juice.  They're out to get their 5 minutes of fame and nothing more.
On June 23, 1863, S. Wimmer came to Elk county as principal assistant engineer of the Pennsylvania company, to complete the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad from Whatham to Warren; of which E. Miller and Milton Courtright were chief contractors. In July, 1864, the road was practically completed; but not until March, 1865, did Mr. Wimmer sever his connection with the road, owing to his acceptance of a position as engineer on the Vera Cruz railroad, where the Wimmer bridge stands as one of the memorials of his work near La Cumbres de Maltrata. In March, 1869, he took charge of the building of the Benezette and Driftwood division of the Low Grade, and subsequently of the road from Benezette to DuBois, which was completed in 1874.

Alex -- Thanks for the map and info!

The first sign that the whole story is hogwash is the description of the place. The AP story said it was an unincorporated place about 135 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Bull! There is NO unincorporated land in Pennsylvania. There’s no such thing!!! Every square millimeter of Pennsylvania is part of a county, and a municipality - either a city, a borough, or a township, plus one incorporated town. And this has been true since before the Civil War. Pennsylvania has no unincorporated land. Referring to the site as such merely serves to obfuscate. 

Yes I like that 41 also it is a nice looking coin.
LoL ..You know I am the lowball guy most of the time. But I find sometimes you have to look a little harder to see that it is not always a good deal. 

To all those who served................God bless you and thank you.

Thanks Guys, When I first started the set I was only trying for MS 64 and higher. I soon realized that most 64's were not that nice looking and if I shopped a little harder I could find MS 66 coins for the set. They look much nicer 

So happy for you now yo're feeling much better.  Those hospital stays are a wonderful thing but........there's no place like home.  

The ONLY railroad to pass through Den'ts Run was an off shoot of the Philadelphia - Erie Railroad and it was called the Low Grade.  Now, what you have after reading this is two or three guys who worship Punxsutawney Phil and sample their own brand of Pennsylvania Mountain Juice.  They're out to get their 5 minutes of fame and nothing more.
On June 23, 1863, S. Wimmer came to Elk county as principal assistant engineer of the Pennsylvania company, to complete the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad from Whatham to Warren; of which E. Miller and Milton Courtright were chief contractors. In July, 1864, the road was practically completed; but not until March, 1865, did Mr. Wimmer sever his connection with the road, owing to his acceptance of a position as engineer on the Vera Cruz railroad, where the Wimmer bridge stands as one of the memorials of his work near La Cumbres de Maltrata. In March, 1869, he took charge of the building of the Benezette and Driftwood division of the Low Grade, and subsequently of the road from Benezette to DuBois, which was completed in 1874.

The ONLY railroad to pass through Den'ts Run was an off shoot of the Philadelphia - Erie Railroad and it was called the Low Grade.  Now, what you have after reading this is two or three guys who worship Punxsutawney Phil and sample their own brand of Pennsylvania Mountain Juice.  They're out to get their 5 minutes of fame and nothing more.
On June 23, 1863, S. Wimmer came to Elk county as principal assistant engineer of the Pennsylvania company, to complete the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad from Whatham to Warren; of which E. Miller and Milton Courtright were chief contractors. In July, 1864, the road was practically completed; but not until March, 1865, did Mr. Wimmer sever his connection with the road, owing to his acceptance of a position as engineer on the Vera Cruz railroad, where the Wimmer bridge stands as one of the memorials of his work near La Cumbres de Maltrata. In March, 1869, he took charge of the building of the Benezette and Driftwood division of the Low Grade, and subsequently of the road from Benezette to DuBois, which was completed in 1874.

BS.

I think I've read some stuff about that here and on other forums....might also have been a documentary on it somewhere on cable TV.

USSS and Treasury. Not Justice.

They got these signs out in front of our Leigon. They made one of my papaw also. Hes the one in the front.  Thank you to everyone who has served. 

To all those who served................God bless you and thank you.

Glad to join you JP.  
   It started as Decoration Day , back during Civil War era. 
   Thanks, to those who gave all for our freedoms. 😉🙀🦫

I wanted to make this thread just to say thank you for those who have served our country.

UPDATE:  Been a month since the operation....doing MUCH BETTER.  Sutures out...chest healing...getting stronger.  Can drive in another week or so, OK to be in passenger seat with it angled back and pushed back so I don't take the full brunt of any airbag deployment.
Most importantly, for some reason they had me on Pepcid 2x daily to prevent stomach problems when I wasn't eating right after the surgery.  They STILL kept me on it 3 weeks later when I've been home a few weeks eating food with all my medicines.  Once I dropped it a week ago, my stomach/appetite seemed to have bounced back nicely.  Wish they had done it 3 weeks earlier, no need to keep taking it once I was eating food. 
Again....if somebody you know feels winded, side/chest pains, difficulty going up stairs or walking inclines.....but NO blockage (>70%) that a stent can solve....mention HOCM/HCM to your doctor/cardiologist.