America's Favorite Coins
My brother found a really cool set of "America's Favorite Coins" nicely mounted in a plastic display case. The set includes a Kennedy Half-Dollar, a Bicentennial quarter, a Winged Liberty Head Dime, a Buffalo Nickel, and an Indian Head Cent.
My brother has been graciously suggesting that I keep most of the loose coins we've found to add to my collection, so when he surprised me by saying that he wouldn't mind having this set if I didn't especially want it, I had to let him take it. So, this set will be going home with him. 😊
Details of the coins are as follows, copied from the display card:
🔸 40% Silver Kennedy Half Dollar
1965–1970. Designed by Gilroy Roberts and Frank Fasparro, this 40% silver coin pays tribute to John F. Kennedy with his inaugural medal portrait.
🔸 Bicentennial Quarter
1976 only. Designed by John Flanagan and Jack L Ahr, this coin features a Colonial drummer on the reverse.
🔸 Mercury Dime
1916–1945. Designed by Adolph A. Weinman, this coin shows Liberty wearing a cap representing freedom of thought, often mistaken for the Roman god, Mercury.
🔸 Buffalo Nickel
1913–1938. Designed by James Earle Fraser. The difficult-to-find 3-legged 1937 Denver Mint specimen is a collector's find.1909
🔸 Indian Head Cent
1859–1909. Designed by James B. Longacre and modeled after his daughter, Sarah, wearing an Indian headdress.
There were also two loose Winged Liberty Head dimes, called "Mercury Dimes" by some folk, as Lady Liberty with the winged Phyrgian cap resembles Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods in Roman lore.
The 1943 dime is in respectable condition (at least on the obverse), but the 1917 specimen is heavily worn on both sides from being in circulation for so long. The mass of a newly minted Mercury dime is 2.500 g [source] and these two show their wear at 2.43 g and 2.22 g, respectively, on my scale.
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19-Oct-2019
Yes! Those are lovely Us coins! Very nice, sweet @thekittygirl!!! I love them all🥰. Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful weekend, and take care😘🌺🤙
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Very nice... I'm sure your Brother is very Pleased...
How would you like seeing "Clad" Mercury Dimes and Buffalo Nickels Circulating again...???
Do you think all the current Dimes and Nickels would Vanish...???
October 19, 2019... 17.0 Hollywood Time...
Nice little set you have there! It brings back some memories of times gone by. Thank you for sharing!😎
I love this so much, that is such a awsome set of american coins 😍
You find a lot of tressures and I love this set so much. I seen some of them but always love to se more, so Thank you so much for sharing sweet Kitty and I wish you a good evening. Much love 🤗🌷❤️🌹
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Some of my favorites as well, the Mercury dime had such detail, you don't see this in todays minting...
Then there is the Buffalo nickel ......Nice!!!!😀
Always neat to see the different collections that people have. I don't pay for many things in cash anymore, but I still find myself looking out for wheat pennies whenever I get change since my dad has always collected those. Definitely fun to trace the history of a country through its currency. :)
What a treat, it's like a treasure hunt for you two :) Its great you can do it together, going through this process can be painful at times. Thanks for sharing with us @thekittygirl
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