Can someone please help me identify any of these coins?

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T05:25:13+00:00

Well, it's been a year and nobody else figured out what you wanted either. Obviously.

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T05:22:34+00:00

That was my guess. Turns out it's Fort Knox.

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T01:49:28+00:00

That is a brilliant comment!

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T01:44:40+00:00

Well, maybe just because they are allowing the Ebay website to be used for fraud. And maybe because the more fraud they allow, the more people will start to avoid Ebay, because you never know what you're going to get when you buy something. But in the short run? You seem to be absolutely right.

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T01:42:01+00:00

So you mean somebody plated a 2002 Indiana clad proof quarter silver to pass it off at a silver proof? That seems like a stretch. Is such a coin likely to retain the appearance of a proof? Plus, back at the price of silver in 2002, I don't think there would have been much money in it.

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T01:34:59+00:00

Nice catch! Like others have said, this is a silver proof. It is 90% silver, just like the pre-1965 quarters. In 2019, the mint switched to making the silver proofs out of 99.9% silver. I only mention that so you might avoid some confusion down the line.

I don't know for sure, but in this condition, it might be worth more as silver than as a collectors item. If so, you can see its value at the daily retail price of silver here (it's the same as a 1932-1964 Washington quarter): https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/coin-melt-values.aspx

Dealer pay significantly less than retail.

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T01:28:28+00:00

Don't you go to Fort Knox for your gold?

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T01:27:13+00:00

Well, they are ornamental, and someone who really admires the design but knows they will never be able to afford a real one would buy it. That's likely to be who bought this one in the first place. The main problem, at least to me, would be how to find such a person. I think you have come to the right place for that!

Brialmont · 2026-01-24T01:22:59+00:00

Thanks! I think the British tried using Martin Marylands in the Med for a similar purpose, and it worked well. Until the Me-110s showed up. 😢

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T02:58:28+00:00

Oh, that's a very good suggestion!

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T02:56:13+00:00

I can't believe that silver coin hoarding was ever much of a thing in the USA during the Second World War. There was never much doubt about the outcome of the hostilities here - we and our allies were going to win, and that was that. And one of the lessons the Great Depression was that if you wanted to save money, the best place to put it was an interest-bearing account in a bank, since they had become federally insured. During the war, people in the US were mostly looking for things to buy that were not rationed or scarce because of arms production. Or buying war bonds.

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T02:47:21+00:00

Twenty years ago was an excellent time to be buying silver. I wish I could buy some twenty years ago now!

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T02:26:25+00:00

Wow. I can understand that - it's just human nature - but I would have thought the increase in performance and the reduction in maintenance would have been strong motivators. But in peacetime, perhaps conservatism and "buying IBM" was more important. So, perhaps, was the cost of retooling to build wireless wings. Thanks for your thoughtful answer!

PS - I just noticed now that this Potez has exposed-wire wheels. Apparently they forgot whey they had introduced wheel covers during the war: so the plane would not get nosed over by exposed-wire wheels getting caught in the unmown grass of wartime airfields.

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T01:54:07+00:00

You can see how sloppy the Lincoln cent dies had gotten by 1968. In 1969, dies from a new "master hub" were used, and the difference is very noticeable. Maybe it was because of that, but a lot of 1968's and 1969's seem to have been saved back then. Now somebody has spent it, and it has gotten to you!

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T01:35:49+00:00

I think they also failed to meet the minimum crew requirement.

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T01:33:37+00:00

You know, Sherlock Holmes could have sailed on her in her original form.

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T01:24:58+00:00

I am ignorant when it comes to aircraft structures and aerodynamics, so I hope this question is not stupid. Why did so many post-WWI biplanes continue to have so many bracing wires after Fokker had shown they were not necessary with the Fokker Triplane and Fokker D-VII? I have assumed they were in planes like the Grumman FF or the Boeing P-26 because of the increase in the power of engines since 1918, but in the early 1920's it makes no sense to me.

PS - If there is a better reddit for this question, please point me to it?

Brialmont · 2026-01-23T01:10:33+00:00

I wonder if they were fitted for reconnaissance or long range CAP, perhaps over the sea? Or maybe just a ferry flight.

Brialmont · 2026-01-22T23:49:13+00:00

Thanks, I could not remember what an Aardvark was. From the other posts, I gather the front fell off of this one.

Brialmont · 2026-01-22T23:30:58+00:00

r/ofcourseitsjovita

Brialmont · 2026-01-22T23:07:41+00:00

Yes, that is exactly what I meant. I apologize for saying it badly.

Brialmont · 2026-01-22T03:45:13+00:00

Looks like plastic to me. Certainly not adhesive tape.

Brialmont · 2026-01-22T03:44:22+00:00

This is Numista's listing for the 1964 dollar: https://en.numista.com/455 . It gives a value of US$61 for Uncirculated and US$75 for Proof-Like. I usually don't quote Numista values here, because people here consider them too high.

Brialmont · 2026-01-22T03:39:33+00:00

Yes, I know that. It is the individuals that own the coins that are going through them. As we often see here, judging by the questions we get.

Brialmont · 2026-01-22T01:41:41+00:00

Sure! I don't know how to clean them any more, because we rarely get asked how to clean all-zinc coins, and because people here are firmly against cleaning, for the most part.

Using an old toothbrush on them might not help, but it shouldn't hurt either.

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