Brian Imagawa

Web Engineer, Graphic Design, senior engineer at Artifact coin collector, appreciates stamps and history. Codes Java, Lisp, Python, PHP+.

[Brian Imagawa @rocketdog632]

A Wheat Cent from 1943 minted in zinc plated steel. The zinc plating was to avoid the coins from rusting instantly, many coins rusted and some were reconditioned by adding new zinc plating to them. This coin was minted in San Francisco. #Coins #USA

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A Wheat Cent from 1936 minted in Philadelphia, in excellent condition. A Great Depression era reminder of darker times. This was an important election year which Franklin Delano Roosevelt won handily. #Coin #USA

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A 1942 Wheat Cent minted in Philadelphia, must have been struck with a missing back die which resulted in an extremely weak front strike and deformed metal on the back. #USA #Coins

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A 1908 Indian cent minted in Philadelphia. Has really nice toning on it. Designed by James B Longacre. Very nice coin. #USA #Coins

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A Germany 50 Pfennig aluminum coin from 1921, minted in Stuttgart. Has a minor die crack near the word Sich on the back. Despite the high inflation many of these 50 reichspfennig coins were minted. #Germany #Coins

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A Germany 50 Pfennig coin from 1921 minted in Munich. Has quite a few radial metal flow lines on it. A very weak strike. #Coins #Germany

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A 1921 German Weimar 50 Pfennig coin minted in Munich. There are metal flow lines on this coin otherwise is in well preserved state. #Germany #Coins #inflation

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A 1925 Peace Dollar designed by Anthony de Francisci based on his wife Teresa de Francisco. Is one of the most attractive silver dollars produced by the US. 10,198,000 were minted. #Coins #USA

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A Morgan Dollar from 1881 minted in San Francisco. Minted in the South of Market Street in a Greek Revival building designed by Alfred Mullett. #USA #Coins

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A Morgan Dollar from 1904 minted in New Orleans. 1904 was the last year before a long pause in making Dollar Coins, this is due to the weak economic situation that would eventually devolve into World War I. Similar pauses occurred around the world. #USA #Coins

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A Morgan Dollar from 1890 minted in Philadelphia. 16,802,000 were minted. A very nice and mostly common coin. #silver #USA #Coins

[Brian Imagawa @rocketdog632]

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A silver Morgan Dollar from 1879 minted in Philadelphia. 14 million were minted in Philadelphia that year. Minor toning at the top. #Coins #USA

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A blackened and cleaned 1899 CC Morgan Dollar, the front may have been cleaned. Minted at the Carson City Nevada mint. Carson City is the only mint in the USA to use two letters as the mint mark in order to avoid confusion with the Charlotte Mint (C). #USA #Coins

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A silver Morgan Dollar from 1899 minted in New Orleans. Very interesting old silver coin. #USA #Coin

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A 1900 Morgan Dollar minted in New Orleans. This mint is well known for using the reverse dies past their limit. There are die cracks on the reverse by the left wing at the top of the TED and S. Not unusual to have these flaws. #Coins #USA

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An 1879 Morgan Dollar minted in the New Orleans branch mint. The New Orleans first minted silver coins in 1838. #USA #Coins #Silver

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A 1921 Morgan Dollar minted in Denver. Interesting coin and very affordable to show the location of the mint mark on the reverse of the coin right beneath the ribbon. #Coins #USA #Silver

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A 1921 Morgan Dollar minted in Philadelphia, the 1921 series Morgan Dollars were minted due to the Pittman Act of 1918. A whopping 86,730,000 were minted at Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. #Silver #Coins #USA

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A US quarter from 2016 minted in Denver. Has Sergeant William Jasper returning the distinctive flag commissioned by Colonel Moultrie in 1775. The fortification at Sullivan Island was not complete yet held off the British Navy. Designed by Richard Scott. #USA #Coins