Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Three-cent silver/archive1

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The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 11:24, 31 March 2015 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Three-cent silver

Nominator(s): Wehwalt (talk) 00:31, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about... The three-cent silver filled a need when issued, and when it was no longer needed, dragged on for some years and eventually was abolished. A companion piece to three-cent nickel which recently ran on the main page. It's had a GA review and shows off some of the high-quality images we are starting to get for the coin articles after years of crappy ones or with dodgy copyrights. The ugly Spanish colonial two bit is not one of them, it is from my collection, by the way.Wehwalt (talk) 00:31, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support on prose per standard disclaimer. That was easy, thanks. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 20:51, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much indeed for that; :)--Wehwalt (talk) 21:31, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mkativerata comments

Support. I found the article to be a tough read in its more technical/numismatic parts, but I blame that on my lack of knowledge rather than the way the article is written. I certainly wouldn't advocate dumbing it down. Subject to the qualification that I don't know my reverse from my obverse, the article appears to meet the FA criteria: comprehensive, appropriately sourced, well-written and of an appropriate length. Only minor nitpicks:

"Early that year, Congress authorized a gold dollar" - Too much had passed for me to remember what "that year" was.
"Spanish silver coins were the bulk..." - This mega-sentence seems to be crying out to be split into two.
I take it there is no wikilink available for the Spanish real?

The Spanish colonial real is linked.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:44, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"The small size of the coins was less popular [than what?]"
"Despite the statutes, in 1853 and 1854, Snowden had the Mint purchase large quantities of silver bullion at a fixed price" - did he actually break the law (as "Despite the statutes..." implies), or did he just find a way around it?

He broke the law. No question about it. Ignored it anyway. Not that he was making a secret of it!--Wehwalt (talk) 23:44, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What is the purpose of the "Further reading" section? It only lists one publication, which is already in the bibliography.

Cheers --Mkativerata (talk) 11:30, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I think I"ve caught anything. If I haven't replied, it means I've simply done what was necessary. Thank you. I'll look over the prose.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:44, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sturmvogel_66 comments

Support
No DABs, external links are good.
Images appropriately licensed.
Add a |lastauthoramp=1 to Flynn and Zack in the bibliography to match usage in the cites.
Spotcheck not done, but sourcing is fine.
No issues with prose, nicely done.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:55, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review, and for looking at the imaging and sourcing. I've made that adjustment--Wehwalt (talk) 20:23, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Crisco 1492

Lead feels like it repeats a little bit of information

I've deleted the repeat of 1873. I dance around the points in the lede paragraph later in the lede but I don't repeat much I think.

Not listed is the 1851 proof three-cent silver, of which only one is known, which was last sold in 1996 as part of the Louis Eliasberg collection - how much did this sell for? Or, if no price listed individually, the collection itself?

Seems they sold it again. I've corrected that.

the latter would prove the only mintage of three-cent pieces outside Philadelphia. - why?

My sources do not say. Mint records about a lot of things are not complete.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(later restored in 1878) - worth noting if it was just the silver dollar? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:56, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I conventionally do because otherwise people may be confused about the silver dollar being abolished, after all, Grandpa used to have one.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:44, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support on prose: good work, as usual. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:33, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:42, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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