My 1924 Mint Set
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2/7/2026
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The 1920s was a decade of unprecedented economic growth in the United States. IBM, MGM and many other major companies got their start in 1924. Henry Ford's mass produced Model T was putting cars in family garages, but he also understood the reserve theory of wages and paid his workers enough that they too could buy a Model T. To make sure he could hire the best he offered a five day work week and an eight hour day. Never mind it was to keep unions out, and to win the competition for the skilled labor critical to mass production. The image is the Model T in the garage across the street from Calvin Coolidge's childhood home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. Incidently, the Norman Rockwell Museum, including his studio, is just over an hour by car away.
Calvin Coolidge became the first President to address the nation via radio, taking advantage of the modern technological wonders of the day (I didn't hear his talk, but it is alleged to have been brief). The Chicago Bears also moved into their brand new football stadium, Soldier Field (so named for the veterans of World War I).
The Roaring 20s was not only the result of post-WWI economic expansion, but it became clear that the money supply had to expand to accomodate this growth, one of the expansions came in coinage. The mint stopped production of silver dollars in 1904, and restarted production, first with the Morgan and later with the Peace dollar in 1921.
The 1924 d and 1924 s double eagles are very rare coins, and difficult to locate in mint state condition, and if found be prepared to discuss terms. I managed to get my 1924 d double eagle, and only had to pay the PCGS guideline price and my first male born child (odd, that later idea was my daughter's).
This set needs a tough date double eagle gold coin to make it complete. It may happen, if I come into a windfall of some sort. This set started on October 9, 2024.
Labor economics is a really interesting field. Campbell McConnel, Stanley Brue and David MacPherson, "Contemporary Labor Economics, 11th edition," New York: McGraw-Hill is a good basic labor economics text and recommended. Robert Heilbroner wrote a wonderful book on the development of economic thought entitled "The Worldly Philosophers," Touchstone Books, 1972, and this one is highly recommended.
This set was started on October 9, 2024.
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