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Question: Is
the 2003 Arkansas quarter the only coin minted since, say 1800, that has the
picture of a mineral on it? I can’t think of any others. There are plenty of minerals
shown on postage stamps, but I have never heard of a coin bearing a mineral’s
picture except the diamond on the aforementioned Statehood quarter. –B.M
Answer: Limiting
the response to just American coins, there is the 1925 California Diamond
Jubilee commemorative half dollar that shows a miner panning for gold, which could
count. Also, the Wisconsin commemorative half dollar shows a heap of lead ore
on the reverse.
In the field of tokens and medals
there are other possibilities, including the 1901 Lesher “dollars” that show
the “Pikes Peak Silver Mine,” a mythical enterprise, with tailings and residue,
presumably including minerals.
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