United States 1971-D Eisenhower Dollar
Even though the
United States had no real need for a large dollar coin at the start of the 1970s, the gaming industry developed an acute need to find a replacement for the silver dollars used to feed tens of thousands of slot machines. This “need”, and the recent death of beloved war-hero-turned-president
Dwight D. Eisenhower, presented the
United States Congress with an opportunity to cater to the needs of the industry. While Mint Director
Mary Brooks lobbied for the coin to be struck in silver, Congress instead chose to strike the coin for circulation in the same copper-nickel (Cu-Ni) clad composition in use for the dime and quarter dollar. In a compromise, silver-clad versions were authorized to be struck and sold to collectors.
To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day, when the tonguin’ is done We’ll take our leave and go” You may be aware that this is the chorus of a sea shanty that recently went viral and catapulted Nathan Evans a former postman to the No. 1 spot in the UK charts. What you may not realise is that this 19th-century whaling song from New Zealand has its roots in Amersham! The Wellerman of the song was a supply ship belonging to the firm of Weller & Co founded in Australia in the 19th-century. The money to establish the business came from the Weller Brewery in Amersham. Weller & Co, which was founded by Joseph Weller and his sons, Joseph, George, and Edward.
Jacqueline Brooks First Grand Prix Horse Finnegan Passed Away Thu, 02/04/2021 - 11:05
Canada
Canadian Olympian Jaqueline Brooks said goodbye to her first Grand Prix horse, Finnegan. He would turn 33 in spring.
Finnegan was a 1988 born Oldenburg gelding by Almeo out of Annelie (by Admiral I - Magister/T). He was bred by Josef Greten in Molberg, Germany.
Gift for Diploma
Finnegan came into Brooks life as a gift for achieving her diploma at the University of Western Ontario in 1990. Her parents, Eric and Mary Brooks, bought Finnegan as a rising 3-year old in Germany in 1991. I was a working student with Ashley Holzer and saw Finnegan on a video at a dinner party at Tim Dutta’s when I was 23, Brooks told Eurodressage.
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United States 1980 (P) Lincoln Cent
The
juxtapenultimate date struck from the majority-copper alloy in use since the early 1960s,
1980 Lincoln cents were struck and issued against a backdrop of uncertainty about the denomination, as successive administrations tested new compositions and pondered its elimination.
The coins themselves are not remarkably rare by any measure, but the years surrounding their issuance saw a shortage of cents in circulation, a problem that had dogged the
Treasury Department and the
United States Mint for years. This, alongside a major collectible, doubled die variety of the date and condition rarities at the upper end of the grading scale, make the 1980 Lincoln cent quite a bit more interesting to the collector than meets the eye.