Philadelphia, Lydia, AE18. Diademed head of Zeus right / Lyre inside wreath.
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This coin was made by the mint in Philadelphia during the reign of Roman Emperor Domitian (81-96 A.D.). It pictures Domitian on one side and the idol Artemis (Diana) along with the city name on the other. [SGI 835V] ...
The Philadelphia Highway Find
The listing below is an inventory of the British coppers discovered in Philadelphia in 1975 during the construction of Interstate 95.
The winds of war and weather swirled around outside the environs of the Philadelphia Mint sometime near the end of 1917. New hires and seasoned veterans struggled to get the job done.
Philadelphia: the "mother" of all U.S. Mints, located at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Early coins from Philadelphia had no mintmark; more modern issues bear the letter "P." ...
Philadelphia The mother Mint, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. First established in 1792, the Philadelphia Mint has occupied 4 different locations, currently, it is in Independence Square.
Philadelphia Mint Listings
CONECA, Crawford, VCR, Wexler: Doubled Die Reverse #1 Matte Uncirculated
A closer view of the doubled die ...
Philadelphia $20 Grouping
1930 Grouping of Philadelphia Mint Liberty double eagles: I 1899 AU-58 I 1900 AU-58 I 1901 AU-58 I 1903 AU-58 I 1904 AU-58 I 1906 AU-55 I 1907 AU-58. Most with light toning, but all are lustrous.
Philadelphia Mint
The "mother" Mint, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which opened in 1792. This mint currently uses the "P" mintmark but coins produced prior to 1980 have no mintmark.
Piedfort ...
Philadelphia
The primary U.S. Mint located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was first established in 1792.
Pioneer gold ...
Philadelphia, October 10, 1774.
SIR: The Inhabitants of the Town of Boston have informed us, the Representatives of his Majesty's faithful subjects in all the Colonies from Nova Scotia to Georgia, ...
Philadelphia Mint (1792 to date): In 1792 the government acquired a plot of land and several buildings in Philadelphia and set up the first federal facility for the production of coins.
Philadelphia, Lydia
Obv: [TITOΣ KAI]ΣAP
Laureate head right.
Rev: ΦΛ''ΙΩΝ ΦΙΛ'"-ΛΦ-ΩΝ
Female cult statue (Mother Anaitis?) facing between two lions.
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Philadelphia Mint records show that 63,353 Wreath cents were struck. Many were saved, probably as curiosities and also by British collectors. Possibly 6% or 7% of the mintage survives today, most in very low grades.
Philadelphia: 119,408,100, Denver: 37,158,000, San Francisco: 58,939,000
35% silver.
Philadelphia is the fifth-largest city in the United States and the largest city in Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County. 6.
Philadelphia Mint (no mintmark)
External Links
CoinFacts.com Draped Bust Dimes (1796-1807)
CoinResource.com Draped Bust/Small Eagle Dimes 1796-1797
Draped Bust Dimes ...
Philadelphia coins (produced at the site of the main U.S. mint) featured no mintmarks until 1942.
A Philadelphia family is considering suing the U.S. Mint to reclaim ownership of rare coins that could be worth millions.
But the government says the coins were stolen, and it's going to keep them.
The Philadelphia Mint struck its first regular-issue half dimes in 1794; they featured the so-called Flowing Hair portrait of Liberty.
The Philadelphia mint did not use a mintmark, issued the highest total amount of quarters in 1935 and are today the most commonly found.
To reach higher values your coin must be in nice condition and exhibit great detail.
The Philadelphia Mint didn't make very many double eagles from 1862 to 1894, while the New Orleans Mint was closed from mid-1861 to 1879.
The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints all produced the Buffalo Nickel. However, the San Francisco generally had a much smaller annual production.
* P (Philadelphia Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 1980-
* D (Denver Mint in Denver, Colorado)
* S (San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, California) SPECIFICATIONS: Diameter: 26.5 millimeters Weight: 8.1 grams Composition: Cupro-Nickel 12.
Since Philadelphia eagles from this era are not avidly collected by date, the 1844 is an issue that does not get a lot of respect. It is actually among the scarcest No Motto eagles.
Mints
Philadelphia, Denver, SanFrancisco
Mink Mark Location
1916-17 obverse below motto
1917-47 reverse lower left ...
Mints
Philadelphia, New Orleans, Carson City, SanFrancisco
Mink Mark Location
reverse below eagle ...
None = Philadelphia
O = New Orleans
S = San Francisco
D = Denver
Notes:
The following is reprinted (with permission) from "The Complete Guide To Certified Barber Coinage" by David & John Feigenbaum: ...
Lydia, Philadelphia, Trajan 98 -117 CE Æ 24 (8.50 g)
Obv: Laureate, draped bust right as seen from behind.
Rev: Lydios standing half-left, holding eagle and sceptre.
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Back in Philadelphia, copper coinage no longer was the profit-maker it once was. Copper had risen to levels where cents were coined at a loss. Various experiments from 1850 to 1856 produced trials in other metals and of reduced size.
An Early Philadelphia Plain Edge Dollar Specimen
Photo of a Godless Plain Edge Presidential Dollar
Plain Edge Dollars From Both Mints ...
*GF76c PHILADELPHIA, Lucius Verus. 161-169. Æ32. Bust right/4 horses pulling car with domed canopy. Ros-31, Sp-29. F-Vf, rough. Modern day Ammon! $175 [image] ...
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - $10 Commonwealth Bank (1857-1864)
Unissued, Unsigned Proof - Punch Cancelled (1850s-1860s)
Plate A
Bald, Cousland & Co - Philadelphia & New York
Property of American Bank Note Co stamp on reverse ...
P mint mark - Philadelphia mint
PCGS
Professional Coin Grading Service - Grading service ...
As with other Philadelphia coins, this date has high mintage and is readily available. Some coins will be lightly struck so you may want to closely examine examples to find a better struck coin. The coin below was certified MS64 by PCGS.
The Denver and Philadelphia Mints strike all of today's U.S. circulated coinage. Made available to coin collectors, the Mint also releases annual uncirculated US Mint Coin Sets.
Textual Records: AAC proceedings, 1841-73 (in Philadelphia), 1874-1911, 1923, 1932-72. Record of coins reserved for the annual assay, 1817-38 (in Philadelphia), 1890, 1902-5, 1915-16, 1920-25.
Sacagawea dollars are struck for circulation at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, while Proofs are struck in San Francisco. Saint Slang for the Saint-Gaudens inspired double eagle struck from 1907 until 1933.
The United States Mint facilities in Philadelphia and Denver produce all circulating coins for this country.
government in Philadelphia and Denver. Mint facilities in San Francisco and West Point are used to produce some of the Proof and commemorative coins. Normally mints produce coins under government authority.
Half Cents - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark.
Large Cents - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark.
Flying Eagle Cents - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark.
Type One Double Eagle: A United States twenty dollar gold piece struck at either the Philadelphia, New Orleans or San Francisco mints between 1850 and 1866.
of Philadelphia, PA. ; " The Presidential Series - a series of 31 pictures of our presidents.
Beginning with the first deposit of native mined gold from North Carolina at the Philadelphia Mint on May 25, 1804, newspapers throughout the country and Europe began reporting on the great gold finds in North Carolina.
Reverse A was the first reverse type, used on Philadelphia-minted 1878 coins only, and is most noted for an eagle with 8 tail feathers. Reverse B was used on some 1878-P, all San Francisco-minted 1878's, and the 1878 Carson City issue.
Coinage began in 1903 at the Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints; the former carry no mintmark, but pieces coined at San Francisco bear a tiny letter S which appears beneath the dot at the lower-left of the reverse.
The mint produced 1,597 half eagles in February 1861, with the coinage being reported to the Philadelphia Mint.
While I've never had occasion to visit the Denver Mint, I once toured the mint in Philadelphia. I went there about ten years ago with a close friend, Norm Bagaas, who had, himself, previously visited the Ottawa Mint.
The Philadelphia US Mint facility handles the sculpting engraving process for US coins as well as the production of general circulation coins.
The Philadelphia Mint prepares the proof planchets which are then sent to San Francisco or West Point for striking. A few proof planchets were accidentally mixed in with the regular blanks, and struck by regular dies.
If the coin has no mint mark (which most don't), it was struck at the Philadelphia Mint in Pennsylvania.
Look for key dates that are worth much more than an ordinary wheat cent. Early dates including 1909,1911, 1914, and 1918 are worth a few bucks.
Most issues show soft, irregular strikes; especially when compared to Philadelphia coinage of this era.
Of the 1909 Indian Head cents, we made them at both Philadelphia (plain, or no mint mark) and San Francisco (with a "S" mint mark). In Philadelphia, we made 14,370,645 Indian Head cents. In San Francisco, we only made 309,000 Indian Head cents.
World War II was winding down in 1945 and the Dutch government in exile in England ordered millions of ten cent silver pieces from the United States Mint in Philadelphia.
A coin which exists only as a proof, such as an 1895 Philadelphia mint Morgan dollar (if you believe, as I do, that all business strikes of that issue were melted) that is worn down to Very Good-8 grade, for example, ...
Coins minted in Philadelphia prior to 19 --- do not carry a mintmark except WAR NICKELS. U.S. mint-marks are as follows:
C = Charlotte, NC (1838-1861)
D = Dalonaga (1838-1861)
CC = Carson City (1870-1893)
D = Denver (1906-Pres) ...
Anne Bingham lived in Philadelphia, site of the U.S. Mint.
Her father and husband were co-founders of the Bank of North America, also in Philadelphia.
Matte Proof - A special type of proof finish used at the Philadelphia Mint prior to World War I.
It was not until 1792, however, that the first coins were struck at the new mint set up in Philadelphia These were the half disme (half dime) and possibly also the disme (dime) struck from silver plate supplied by George Washington himself.
In 1908 the San Francisco Mint began minting cents in quantities of a fraction of what was being put out in Philadelphia. The trolly fare in that city was being raised to 6 cents and the cent was now important to have in circulation.
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