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The result was: promoted by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 16:22, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Panama-Pacific commemorative coin issue edit

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... that the octagonal $50 piece of the Panama-Pacific commemorative coin issue (pictured) is the only U.S. coin that is not round?

ALT1:... that the $50 pieces from the Panama-Pacific commemorative coin issue (octagonal variety pictured) are the largest and heaviest U.S. coins?
Reviewed: Zézé

Created/expanded by Wehwalt (talk). Self nominated at 17:14, 28 March 2015 (UTC).

Wow, what an article. Comprehensive, well-written and well-referenced (AGF on offline sources). Hook is cited, image is OK, QPQ done, but a question: in the Background section it says that there were other coins "struck by Augustus Humbert for the U.S. Assay Office at San Francisco" that were octagonal. would that not invalidate the hook's assertion? Or is it because they were not official federal coinage? If so, perhaps some tweak of the phrasing (adding "official" or "federal" perhaps) might be necessary to avoid confusion. Constantine ✍ 14:30, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

They were not authorized by Congress, and therefore were not "money" in a certain legal sense. I'll tweak it. Thank you for the kind words--Wehwalt (talk) 14:35, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Following your clarification, this is

good to go. Constantine ✍ 16:27, 3 April 2015 (UTC)