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The Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge Quarter was released on September 14th 2015. This is the 29th quarter of the National Park series and the 4th for 2015. The reverse of the quarter depicts a couple of Great Blue Heron in the wildlife refuge. Bombay Hook has been known for it's abundance of migratory birds. This migratory path is one of the many reasons why Bombay Hook is protected.
Honor the Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge of Delaware and continue your collection with Mount Vernon Coins.
]]> The movement, called "Women on 20s" or "W20", has been campaigning to have a famous woman from history replace Andrew Jackson as the face on the U.S. twenty dollar bill. They are currently running a poll to see who they should propose as the woman to be the new face of the $20, with Eleanor Roosevelt, Hairret Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Wilma Mankiller being the final four. The idea was spurred by the President mentioning a little girl asking him in a letter why there were no women on U.S. currency and his saying that he thought that was "a pretty good idea."
The movement wants to have the change take place by or in the year 2020, the centennial of the passage of the 19th amendment, giving women equal right to vote. Part of the reason for wanting the female face that is decided upon to appear on the $20 rather than some other denomination is so that it will go with the goal issuing year, making it the 2020 $20.
The group is trying to get a proposal in motion now so that if it is successful the treasury will have time for designing the note along with the necessary built in security and getting everything in place for 2020 issuing. If they are successful it will definitely be something to get used to, Andrew Jackson has been the face of the $20 since he first appeared on the 1928 $20 Gold certificate.
As we look back on the anniversary of his death, we remember Benjamin Franklin as a major player in our nation's history. He has been memorialized with statues and commemorative medals, but the biggest memorial to Franklin for us as coin collectors is the Franklin half dollar.
Franklin was considered several times in the early to mid-1900’s as a possible replacement for antiquated coin designs, but such changes were put off due to the World Wars and the extra coinage required during them. Then, in 1947 Mint Director Ross, who was himself a huge fan of Franklin decided to push forward with plans to change the walking liberty half design to one with a bust of Franklin on the obverse. The Mint's chief engraver at the time and his successor came up the design that was eventually used, with the Liberty bell and a small eagle on the reverse and it was released in 1948.
Some point out that putting Franklin on coinage is ironic since he was opposed to having any man's likeness on coins, instead he proposed that coins have proverbs on them so that bearers of the coins could reflect on them frequently. It is also funny that Franklin appears on a coin with even a small eagle on since he was greatly opposed to them, calling them "scavengers" and stating that the wild turkey should be the national bird.
Despite these little funny anecdotes, I think as we look back on this anniversary of Franklin's passing that he would appreciate and approve of the memorial the half dollar is of a man that help found our nation and ensure our freedom.
]]> The Baltimore show was exciting and we were able to make some great purchases to add into our inventory over the next couple of weeks.
One exciting purchase that occurred at the show, which we unfortunately were not part of, was the auctioning off of one of the few high-grade Birch Cents. The Birch cents were the first cents made by the United States of America in 1792 after most of the legislature agreed that having a Liberty image on the obverse of our coins would be more appropriate for the coinage of the new democracy than a representation of the president's head. This is one of only three or four high-grade examples known. This example is certified as being About Uncirculated-58 by PCGS and has a great even color to it.
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You'll probably notice some nice new coins on our listings over the next few weeks. That's because we have two of our buyers at the Whitman Spring Coin Expo in Baltimore dealing with dealers from all over the country, filling in gaps in our inventory and acquiring rare coins to add to our variety.
The Baltimore coin show is the 2nd largest coin show in the nation, with thousands of dealers, along with representatives from the U. S. Mint, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, graders from all of the major certification companies, and others, attending the four-day convention. This opportunity comes around at the beginning of every Spring and Winter and we go each time, looking for some gems to add to our stocks.
]]>First, the Mint has the History in Your Pocket (H.I.P.) site that has games, fun facts, videos, glossaries and brief history pages. It has a coin of the day along with a little more information about the coin and it has cartoon characters talking in some videos about historical facts. There is also a "teacher feature" that has resources you can use to inform and quiz kids on U.S. and coin history.
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This month marks 30 years since the first of the bicentennial (1776-1976 dated) coins meant for the public were struck. The designers of the three special reverses ceremonially operated the presses to create some prototypes of each denomination in August 1974, but the first coins of the series made for the public were a group of dollars struck in February 1975. The first collectors coins were struck at San Francisco in April 1975 and the circulation coins were issued starting that July.
The Mint got permission to mint and release the 1976 coins in 1975 because they were afraid they would not be able to create enough of those coins to meet demand and enough 1975 coins keep them from being entirely hoarded by collectors. In the end enough of the bicentennial coins were struck that they remain inexpensive to this day, despite their exciting and unique designs.
]]>Cents and Sensibility, a bill that would require all U.S. cents, nickels, dimes and quarters to made from U.S. steel (with the cent being dipped in copper to retain its color), was reintroduced to the House of Representatives last week. It would replace the current system where the coins are made from copper, nickel and zinc, which are mainly imported from Canada, with the hope that it will lower the cost of production of the coins and give more of the money that is spent on them to American companies.
I think this would be an interesting transition to see. First of all, how would the weight, look and feel of the coins differ? How would it effect the collectors' market? Would it effect vending and other coin-taking machines? Hopefully we will learn more about these and other aspects of the bill as it is rewritten in committee and progresses through the house and senate.
]]>This plan from the mint means that 2015 will be only the third year of Kennedy half dollars with the high relief version of the obverse. Since this year the special design will be used for all the Kennedy half dollars, not just those in special sets, so it will be the first year since 1964 that the business strikes will bear the design. Given the excitement and the amount of collecting/hoarding when the coin was released in 1964 and the heightened interest in the special releases in 2014, it will be interesting to see the effect this news has on the market when the 2015 coins are released.
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Choose from the BU or Proof U.S. Silver Eagles, or go more exotic with the Chinese Silver Panda or the Australian Silver Lunar Series II Goat.
Don't miss this opportunity to get these silver coins early and add variety to your silver holdings!
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Released on October 28th 2014 by the U.S. Mint, these sets commemorate the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's passing. This set includes 4 90% silver half dollars, minted in each of the Mints facilities. One reverse proof coin from the U.S. Mint at West Point, one proof coin from the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia, one enhanced uncirculated coin from the U.S. Mint at San Francisco and one uncirculated coin from the U.S. Mint at Denver.
The product limit has been set to 300,000 sets and the Mint will only allow 5 sets per household. With the issue price set at $99.95, this set will certainly be on every collectors holiday list.
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]]>The letter reads: Nov-13 Aloha! To everyone with Mount Vernon Coin co.. thank-you, for helping me with my collection, will be ordering more coin later
(signed)Frank....Take-care, Bye!!
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