Lot 1174
1918-D. PCGS graded MS-65. CAC Approved PQ. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Lightly toned and well struck for this date. An original mintage of 8.3 million pieces suggests that the 1918-D is not among the rarest issues in this series, at least in the worn grades. However, the 1918-D is particularly rare at the finer Mint State levels with a sharply executed strike. With snappy-looking definition in all areas, this important example is just such Gem MS65. To put it succinctly, there are no areas of bothersome weakness on either side. The detail is sharp. The mostly brilliant luster has a light overlay of patina. In brief, a fully lustrous, originally preserved example for the high-grade Buffalo Nickel collector. Pop 67; 24 finer, 1 in 65+, 22 in 66, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 3938) .
The Palmer Raids: The climate of repression established during World War One continued after the war ended: this time, government interest focused on communists, Bolsheviks and "reds" generally, similar to today's War on Terror. The climactic phase of this anti communist crusade occurred during the "Palmer Raids" of 1918-1921. A. Mitchell Palmer, President Wilson's Attorney General, believed communism was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman." In his essay "The Case Against the Reds," Palmer charged that "tongues of revolutionary heat were licking the alters of the churches, leaping into the belfry of the school bell, crawling into the sacred corners of American homes, seeking to replace marriage vows with libertine laws, burning up the foundations of society." Colorful language aside, with a broad base of popular support, in 1918-19 Palmer intensified the attacks on political dissent that had begun during the war.
Estimated Value $3,300 - 3,500.
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