Corina Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 well found this 1976d bicentennial quarter in change yesterday and since i didn't have one it's now in my collection, yeah in know these things are very common but have not seen one in change in over a year, the coin has some wear and has been cleaned, would IMHO grade VG or higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Nice find. They are common coins but you're right, they don't show up in change very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Nice coin Made me wonder: Did the US release anything like that for its first centennial in 1876? Any special dollars, quarters, cents, anything... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 No, there were no commemoratives in 1876. Back then, mints were more focused on making coins beautiful and artistic rather than "lets celebrate everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyLoafer63 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I have 2 I found in roll's in the past few month's,now that you reminded me I hadn't seen any in change either for quite some time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 my dealer had about 5-6 of those in the 25p buicket, i have an example too from a bulk buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Just a wee note further to CCG's post , the first US commemorative was the Columbus expo Half dollar of 1892 , also issued with 1893 date the 92 being the more scarce of the two. I know you guys will know that but i figured it might be helpful in the future as noobs arrive daily and some like me wouldnt have known that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 I still find them here and there in circulation but less and less as time goes by. I still have the first one I took out of circulation, close to when they were minted...I was just a kid then. Oh, and nothing wrong with minting coins to commemorate everything IMO, the French did it and what we got were a huge amount of lovely coins and medals...our problem is modern coins are just plain ugly and if the US was concentrating on making coins beautiful and artistic, on the whole, they failed IMO, US coins are way down on the list when I think beautiful and artistic. With a few exceptions of course....I have never been very impressed with the bulk of the coins that we have minted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Oh, and nothing wrong with minting coins to commemorate everything IMO, the French did it and what we got were a huge amount of lovely coins and medals...our problem is modern coins are just plain ugly and if the US was concentrating on making coins beautiful and artistic, on the whole, they failed IMO, US coins are way down on the list when I think beautiful and artistic. With a few exceptions of course....I have never been very impressed with the bulk of the coins that we have minted. True... you could saw much the same for modern Canadian NCLT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 But there are some things that I feel are best left to tokens/medals and not coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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