Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, so Mexico, and so appropriate for this brand new $500 note issued in September 2010 by Banco de Mexico. Artists, writers, leftist political agitators extraordinaire - and tempestuous lovers whose radical ideas shocked conservative Mexican society in the early 20th century. This note commemorates their lives, and their art, with a self portrait of Frida Kahlo on the reverse of the note with a vignette from another of her works.
Off the top of my head I am thinking those were printed by E.A. Wright of Philadelphia. They were a fairly shortlived issue also as the French authorities didn't care too much for the notes as they didn't really have a familiar "French" look to them, being unicolour and all.
Very nice coin. Is this your? Have you completed the set now?
I have too many collecting pursuits to ever "finish" any of them. The closest I have come in any USA coins are Mercuries, all from bags or rolls I have purchased - I have the two 1921 dates, but of course not the 1916-D - it is one I am not interested enough in completing the set to bother buying.
But in the case of the gold Sackies they didn't sell them like they should have. Only the government porkers got them. I am sure Clinton must be playing pocket hockey with a golden Sackie puck.
I have a thing about 3 cent coins, maybe along the lines that Nohope has about the 2 centers. I have several of them from 1865 on up, but always wanted the last year of them - 1889. The 1889's are fairly easy to find nice BU or Proof examples of, it being the last year a lot of them were saved by collectors. In fact 18,125 coins were minted in total - a small mintage - but actually quite a bit more than any other date since the 1881. Because of the curiosity surrounding the coins not many of them actually made it into circulation as circulated examples are rather far an' in betwixt to find.
This is one of the few, the proud, the ones that served their country dutifully probably into the very early 20th century. Like the 2 cent coins, they were never overly popular, but as money they did see some circulation long after they were issued, particularly in rural areas of the country. My grandfather got a 2 cent piece from his brother when he was six years old in 1897 and kept it until he gave it to me when I was a young boy in the 1970's.
If I may venture to opin, Daniel has done rather well with the publicity that was stirred up over on CU concerning this particular creation. I bought one, and lots others did too. I have one of the matte finish examples from the first 200 struck, my order was 5286 or something, so under the wire.
I think this is one of those pieces that you either love or don't. Obviously enough have sold even at the price to justify his creating them - otherwise if they were that unpopular they would not have sold in the first place.
I believe Daniel Carr is very talented, to have re-created this coin in such a convincing way is testament to his artistry and attention to detail.
Thus said, I don't believe any further ado with heated discussion really serves any appreciable purpose.
PYW - you have summarised why I don't post on several forums. I got an infraction on one particular forum for referring to some other poster as a doofus!
Just go in and see all the locked threads on the CU forum to see what heated discussion has transpired from the '64 Peace dollar. Frankly I like the coin, I bought it, enjoy it. I do not believe it is a threat to collecting, no one is going to be convinced it is a half million dollar coin, but a faithfully executed fantasy coin.
I am holding out that Daniel will follow up with a 1965.
For KOTCT - I appreciate that we have the moat and are free from the ilks of Aidan Work.
Goose, the story you are referring to is the 1974 aluminium cent that examples were passed around to members of congress, some of whom kept them. One was authenticated by ANACS a few years ago and the Feds have never gone after it.
Now that is swate me thinks. I just might need one, even at the steeple price they are - since there might be very few of them, and they are so dearly nice.
One of the nicer designs, from an interesting place with a fascinating history:
These are from Salt Spring Island BC, an island with a population of approximately 10.000 people south of Victoria Island in British Columbia. These notes have been issued in fairly small quantities since 2001 and feature designs by local artists featuring individuals from the island.
Unfortunately looks like post mint someone messing around with coin on slow day type stuff, then coin circulates for awhile and the circulation covers up all the evidence.
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