Seated Dollars (trivia question)

[Coinosaurus]

When the Treasury released bags of silver dollars in the early 1960s, which dates of seated dollars were found? You must list at least four dates for which full bags were found.

[EVillageProwler]

'59-O, '60-O, '71, '72.

 

They did find other dates, but in small quantity. They even found some from the 1840's. I think the 1847 was the most prominent.

 

EVP

 

[Coinosaurus]

Dave Bowers, in Adventures with Rare Coins, page 98, gives four dates: 59-O, 60-O, 71, and surprisingly 1868 (I would not have thought of that date). The 68 bag was not personally verified by him. I don't study these close enough to know if there are a lot of baggy looking 68s out there - if so the story is likely true.

 

Other bags of circulated mixed dates were found & were likely distributed in proportion to their original mintages (less any overweight coins melted throughout the years). Bowers reported finding 1870CCs & 1872CCs himself, and heard reports at the time of 71CCs and 73CCs being found as well.

[EVillageProwler]

The 1868 is a VERY tough date in BU. It is deceptively difficult to find. In nice AU, it is not easy either!

 

That story about the bag is obviously wrong.

 

Do I get a beer?

 

EVP

 

[Coinosaurus]

Not unless the '68 bag hasn't been distributed to the market yet

 

I don't recall anything about free beer in my original post

[EVillageProwler]

Not unless the '68 bag hasn't been distributed to the market yet

 

Who'd hold a bag of 1868 dollars for FORTY years? One would assume that the coins would at least have been slowly, but fully, dispersed by now! I'd say that the 1868 is almost as rare in UNC as the '72-CC.

 

I don't recall anything about free beer in my original post

 

Fine. I hope you choke on a piece of crab shell!

 

EVP

 

[Coinosaurus]

Prowler-

 

I totally agree with you, I think the odds that someone would hold a bag of Unc 68s for 40 years are minimal at best.

[New_Horizons]

There IS! a certain gentleman in the midwest who-- when last we talked-- STILL! has EIGHT! of those Morgan dollar bags!!! ***faint***

[EVillageProwler]

Let's spread a rumor that there's a bag of '93-S laying around! Or, it's a bag that contains those missing '95 circulation strikes!

 

 

EVP

 

[keithdagen]

My granddad has a bag of silver dollars that he bought when he took a trip to the Denver Mint. He was there in 1964 I think.

[Coinosaurus]

Hmm, he better have a pretty good attorney, IMHO

[DWLange]

He should have gone there the following year. That's when the 1964-dated dollars were coined.