COIN TRIVIA
DID YOU KNOW????
Remember, when you purchase a coin, you also receive a piece of history, and given as a gift, it is always worth something.
- According to the Mint the life span of a brass or bronze cent is 25 years.
- The first million dollar sale of a single private coin collection was that of George F. Scanlon auctioned by Stack's on Oct. 24-27, 1973. It brought $1,093,890.00. He had only collected for 10 years.
- That the Boy Scouts of America added a merit badge for coin collecting in 1937.
- The 1915 Pan-Pacific half dollar was the first commemorative coin to have the "IN GOD WE TRUST" motto.
- The 1792 cent pattern with silver center plug was the first U.S. cent to bring more than $100,000.00. It brought $105,000.00 at auction on Sept. 20, 1974.
- The Smithsonian Coin Collection has approximately 850,000 coins.
- That Franklin D. Roosevelt's profile was put on the dime in February, 1946, ten months after his death.
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