Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . 1804 UNITED STATES SILVER DOLLAR. There is no authentic record in the history ofthe United States Mint, or elsewhere, of thecorrect number of United States silver dollarsissued, bearing the date 1804, and this fact ismuch regretted by collectors of American coins,as there surrounds this coin much of history andmystery; much that is mythical and cynical;much that requires elaboration and explanation— hence the task of writing the history of thisrarest of all United States coins, is beset withdifficulties. The State
Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . 1804 UNITED STATES SILVER DOLLAR. There is no authentic record in the history ofthe United States Mint, or elsewhere, of thecorrect number of United States silver dollarsissued, bearing the date 1804, and this fact ismuch regretted by collectors of American coins,as there surrounds this coin much of history andmystery; much that is mythical and cynical;much that requires elaboration and explanation— hence the task of writing the history of thisrarest of all United States coins, is beset withdifficulties. The Statement of Coinage in the UnitedStates Mint at Philadelphia, records the numberof silver dollars issued in 1804 as 19,570; butfrom the well-known fact that the fiscal year ofthe United States Treasury Department com-mences July 1st and ends June 30th, and thusembraces part of two years, viz: 1803 and 04,the statement of the coinage for a given year iserroneous and the 19,570 dollars coined, repre-sents all the silver dollar coinage of the last halfof 1803. Starting with the ab
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