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NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: MARCH 31, 2024
George Ohr Coins at the Kirkland Museum "I got to go play at the Kirkland Museum in Denver and took pictures of the George Ohr coins that they have on display." 
Thanks. Museum quality! -Editor
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The Pugilist Sower "This is hilarious." 
It's the French Two Euro coin for the 2024 Olympic Games. Love it! -Editor
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Here's some more information. -Editor One hundred years after the Paris 1924 Olympic Games, the French capital will once again host the Summer Games in 2024. One year before the launch of the Olympic Games, the Monnaie de Paris is continuing the celebration by counting down to the start of the Games by highlighting its heritage and that of Paris. An event with international echo whose intensity gradually increases in the years leading up to the event, with already several €2 commemorative coins dedicated to the Olympic Games over the past years. The design of the coin depicts the Sower, a national figure and icon of French numismatics, practicing pugilism, the forerunner of boxing, in reference to the Antic Olympic Games. Her silhouette is in the foreground in front of the Pont-Neuf and its surroundings, typical of the Ile de la Cité area, a key element of the Parisian landscape. In the background, an athletic track, into which the emblem of Paris 2024 is inserted on the right-hand side, is represented. The year date, the RF mention and the mintmarks are inserted under the arch, on the bridge railing and in the Seine.
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New Book on Slabbed Coins Don't forget the Encyclopedia of Slabbed Coins is now available with chapters on:
The book comes in a protective permanently sealed cover to keep the contents clean. Just send £99.00 in cash (not slabbed) to Aprille Phoole Publishing.
1912 First Strike Coins "Here is a letter to the Secretary of Treasury. I've never heard of this for ordinary coins, but possibly one of your readers has some insights." Jan. 3, 1912.
Sir: I am sending you herewith the first One Cent Bronze Coin struck in the United States mints in the year 1912. Accompanying it is a certificate signed by Charles E. Barber, Engraver, and Rhine R. Freed, Coiner, to the effect that it was struck in the Philadelphia mint at 9:35 A.M., January 2nd, 1912. As the mint at Denver, owing to the difference in time, opens two hours later in the day and the mint at San Francisco three hours later in the day than the mint at Philadelphia, the day's operations in those mints did not begin until some time after the striking of this coin.
Respectfully,
Very interesting - a first strike certificate from the U.S. Mint. Does anyone have more information about this practice? Have any such coins turned up with an accompanying certificate? -Editor
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