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1822 Capped Bust, Lettered Edge Half Dollar

The 1822 Capped Bust, Lettered Edge Half Dollar was designed by a German immigrant, John Reich. John was an engraver for the mint and served from 1807 to 1817 after having been freed from a bond of servitude by a Mint official. He was the first artist to consistently include the denomination on U.S. gold […]
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1923 $5 Silver Certificate – Porthole Note.

Silver Certificates are an extensive series and offer many varieties of design and subject matter. There are five different issues of silver certificates that came out in different denominations and years, this particular note was in the fifth issue that did all 1923 series notes in $1 and $5 denominations. They call this note the […]
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1917 Type 1 Standing Liberty Quarter

This quarter has 2 types, the type 1 has only 2 dates 1916, the first year for this coin and very rare, and the 1917. The type 2 runs from 1917 through 1930 with no coins being minted in 1922. The difference in the type is easy to figure out on the reverse, back, of […]
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1877 Indian Head Cent

The 1877 Indian Head was first designed in 1859, representing Liberty wearing an Indian headdress, not an actual Native American. During the Civil War, nearly all gold and silver, and eventually the copper-nickel cent, disappeared from circulation in the Midwest and East. The designer was James B. Longacre, and only made in the Philadelphia mint […]
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