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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 12:30, 21 May 2015 [1].

Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar[edit]

Nominator(s): Wehwalt (talk) 11:43, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about... a commemorative coin that didn't commemorate anything, and was conceived, by all accounts, as a way of extracting money from collector's pockets. Which it quite successfully did. These things happened in other issues, but this may be the extreme example.Wehwalt (talk) 11:43, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • I would like to support this based on a overall prose quality, but I am wondering about the citation to a letter which can be found in a box at a certain library. This is harmless original research, but it still is literally original research. Is a copy of this letter available? Shii (tock) 23:55, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It is illustrated in the article. It was part of the research for my journal article, "The Birth of the Oregon Trail Half Dollar" (The Numismatist, October 2013, pp. 42–49) but I did not wind up using it.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:21, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Wehwalt Sorry for not replying. I was on the fence, but I will support because the citation remains verifiable. Shii (tock) 14:23, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:18, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

  • File:Theodore_thomas.jpg needs US PD tag and author's date of death
Switched tag to PD-US. The book it's taken from was published in Camden, NJ in 1919.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:47, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:Melish_OTMA_letter.jpg: when/where was this first published?
I doubt it's been, so I've switched to PD-ineligible. A simple rejection letter surely doesn't have copyright protection.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:39, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • File:1936_Cincinnati_PDS_(SET).jpg: USGov tag should be removed - covered more specifically by currency tag. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:21, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It has a currency tag already.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:47, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the review.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:47, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Mike Christie[edit]

A few minor points.

  • "but quickly recovered and they are valuable today": perhaps "the coins are valuable today", since the antecedent for "they" is really the value, not the coins.
  • "Among the pieces, which had recently been struck, and which had appreciated in value, was the 1935 Old Spanish Trail half dollar": I'd eliminate the first comma, and in fact all three could go.
  • "This piece was issued at the behest of L. W. Hoffecker": I think "had been issued" would fit better.
  • "as Melish related Lawrie put it": a little awkward; how about "as (in Melish's account) Lawrie put it"?
  • Melish was defiant, so presumably the CFA's approval was only advisory, and Melish could do as he wished? It doesn't appear that Moore changed his mind. Can you clarify?
The first paragraph of the section says that the CFA advised the government on coinage design. I've tossed a little more in.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:21, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review. Where I haven't replied specifically I've followed your advice, or made a similar edit.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:19, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The changes look good. Support. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:54, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the review and the support.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:01, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Everything looks good to me! I corrected a few small MOS issues, but it seems fine otherwise. This is a fine article on the subject of one of the most infamous, but interesting, early U.S. commemorative coins.-RHM22 (talk) 02:53, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review and support.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:13, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Source review The sources used are all appropriate, as is the level of citation in the article. The only tiny inconsistency I can see is that, in the bibliography, you abbreviate states with postal abbreviations, but use the traditional "D.C." for Washington. Otherwise, all good. --Coemgenus (talk) 12:18, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:55, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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