While I continue to look for 1936 commems for my exhibit, I find out a lot about different coins. One coin in particular that interested me: the 1936 Robinson-Arkansas Half Dollar. The thing that interested me was that at the time the commemorative coin was being minted, Senator Joseph Robinson was living. Why did this surprise me? It is the law that no living person can be put on a U.S. coin. In 1866, Congress issued an act stating that no living person can be portrayed on American currency. Our Founding Fathers believed it was unpatriotic for living people's likenesses to be placed on money in circulation. Although he did die the year that they were minted, 1937. They are dated 1936 but were minted in 1937 (some coins are just weird like that). 

About a half a year ago I visited the Dahlonega Mint Museum in Dahlonega, Georgia. For those of you who don't know, the Dahlonega Mint was a small mint in Dahlonega, Georgia that minted U.S. Gold Coins from 1838-1861, a short time of 23 years. It was created at the time when the Georgia Gold Rush was happening and due to all the good deposits it was created. The Georgia Gold Rush was the first ever gold rush in the U.S. I added that part because many say the California Gold Rush was the first. Many people in Dahlonega weren't very fond of  the little mint and used Silver coins whenever they could. The director  of the Philadelphia Mint at the time, Dr. Robert Patterson complained, the Dahlonega mint was just a "neighborhood mint".

The 2022 Yearly YN auction Catalog is out! I have been waiting patiently for this to finally come out! On this blog I will be talking about some of the highlights of the catalog. In fact, today is actually Bloggers Day! But first, I will talk about the ones from the monthly YN auction.