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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Following up yesterday's post, here is the second of two covers I have that pairs a coin from the 1995-1996 Atlanta Olympics commemorative coin program struck by the US Mint with the USPS' 1996 Olympic Centennial stamp and a stamp from the United States Post Office, its predecessor, from 1932. As with yesterday's silver dollar cover, this coin first day cover (FDC) was produced and sold by Fleetwood as a licensee of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC); it was postmarked on July 19, 1996 which was the first day of issue for the 32-cent Olympics Centennial stamp and the opening day of the 1996 Games. The coin is referred to as the "Baseball" half dollar and was one of two copper-nickel clad (CuNi) half dollars released in 1995 (the other was "Basketball"); two additional CuNi half dollars were issued in 1996 (themes of "Swimming" and "Soccer"). So far, I've only seen the "Baseball" half dollar in an official USOC PNC, but the other half dollar commemorative coins may also have been issued in a coin cover.   Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Pillar of the Community
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The exotic birds of The British Virgin Islands, FDOI stamps and coins.
Produced by The Franklin Mint in 1973. To celebrate the minting of the British Virgin Islands' first official coinage, the Council issued a set of
six stamps commemorating the coins--the first time in history any government in the world has issued
a set of special postage stamps to commemorate its first coinage.
Each stamp is the same denomination as the coin it commemorates. The one-dollar coin is solid sterling silver and the one-cent coin is bronze. The others are cupro-nickel.      Nice bump commems!
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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@Tunnioc: Great PNCs! I especially like the denomination tie-in between each PNC's coin and stamp.
Thanks for adding to the thread!
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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Here's one of Fleetwood's "Eyewitness to History" covers in honor of the Wright Brothers' success with the first powered flight. The cover was postmarked on March 12, 2001, the first day of issue for the North Carolina Statehood Quarter; the cover includes one NC quarter struck at Philadelphia and one struck at Denver.   Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Excellent examples!  |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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Here's a PNC from the UK, its theme is the 50th anniversary of D-Day. The cover includes a 50 pence commemorative coin that marks the D-Day anniversary. I purchased the cover years ago as a companion piece to the 1993 US World War II commemorative coins (especially the silver dollar) that I already had in my collection. In addition to the copper-nickel version of the 50 pence coin in the cover, I also purchased a silver proof version. I think it's a very nicely done cover and the UK photo-stamps it features provide a great look into the D-Day landings.   Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Very nice! |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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A few years ago, I was at a local coin show and came across a dealer who had a variety of odds and ends he was selling in addition to his regular inventory of US coins. He had recently purchased a large collection and needed to "buy it all" in order to secure the deal. Among the miscellaneous items was a set of Westward Journey nickel PNCs put out by the Postal Commemorative Society (PCS). I asked him for a price, he responded with "Make me an offer." I offered $5.00 for the box of ten PNCs and he quickly accepted. The set of 10 includes a "P" and "D" PNC for each of the five coin themes in the Westward Journey series. Each cover is postmarked in the city that struck the nickel it contains on the date the coin first entered circulation / was released by the US Mint. Here are the the PNCs for 2004 along with their info cards.       Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Nice set! |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
11023 Posts |
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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United States
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I was hoping to see these as well.  Very nice! |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
11023 Posts |
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Excellent! I was not expecting this. I forgot it was a big deal in 2006, being overshadowed by it being the design we still have today.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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@jbuck: I agree that the 2006 nickels don't seem to fit with the 2004 and 2005 nickels in terms of Lewis and Clark's expedition. Afterall, L&C did not return to Jefferson's Monticello, they returned to St. Louis on September 23, 1806 and later paid a visit to Jefferson in Washington, DC; a trip to Monticello was not part of their itinerary.
IMO, it's rather clear that the Mint was just trying to milk the Westward Journey series for all they could get from it in 2006 while at the same time promoting the mandated switch back to a five-cent coin that featured Jefferson's home on its reverse.
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Agreed! |
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