Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Grant Memorial coinage/archive1
Procedural note -- Hi Wehwalt, I realise your current solo nom is about ready for promotion but could you check first next time? The instructions are there for everybody... Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:27, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
- If the article's been waiting ten days for promotion, wouldn't it be simpler to promote the old article than to discuss the new one? Scott's been waiting a week too. I wouldn't feel the need if promotions were more regular. And just saying I haven't always had the best of luck getting responses to requests left on your page.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:32, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
- Well yes, we happen to have been a bit short-staffed the past month (although I believe we're over that now), and I can't spot anywhere on my talk page that I haven't responded to a request for a second nom, at least for the past 18 months. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:02, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
- I don't believe it regarded a second nomination, but if you're stating that nominations aren't going to be left hanging for a week or ten days, that's fine.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:08, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
- Well yes, we happen to have been a bit short-staffed the past month (although I believe we're over that now), and I can't spot anywhere on my talk page that I haven't responded to a request for a second nom, at least for the past 18 months. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:02, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
The Grant Memorial gold dollar and silver half dollar were struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1922 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant, a leading Union general during the Civil War and later the 18th president of the United States. The two coins are identical in design and were sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser. The Ulysses S. Grant Centenary Memorial Association wanted to sell 200,000 gold dollars to pay for projects in the areas of Grant's birthplace and boyhood home. Congress authorized 250,000 half dollars, but only 10,000 gold dollars. About 5000 of each denomination were struck with a special mark, a star. All of the gold dollars and most of the half dollars sold. The half dollar with star has long been priced higher than most commemoratives; its rarity has also caused it to be counterfeited. Money from the coins was used to help preserve Grant's birthplace, but other planned projects were not completed. (Full article...)
Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 02:13, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
- Looks OK at first glance. Will take a second look later on.--Wehwalt (talk) 08:50, 18 June 2019 (UTC)