Thanks Ben. I have seen grease strikes before but never to this extent. It makes sense though, grease (oil) doesn't compress thus the power of...
Interesting find. This penny still has most of its' luster but has some 'damage' that appears to have happened at the mint. From the 2:00...
Thanks everyone.... Appreciate the input. I suspected that it was 'counterfeit' coinage but don't want to damage it either (including testing...
Noticed while going through some change that there is a difference in the location of the Philadelphia mint mark on (at least some) 1986-P...
This was in the cedar chest at home as long as I can remember and I am 66. Is it real, or not? I would presume (without testing) that it is gold...
Magman... Very nice coins and very nice photos of them... Careful where you walk here though....I am almost as old as some of those coins...
Thanks Hontonai, that one is very specific and answers a couple of questions. I weighed the nickel against others and the weight is right at 6gr,...
Interesting thread except that the original story is no longer available. Very interesting since I just found (this morning) a Jeff nickel with...
Thank you SC... I found them very informative. Found a couple in my collection that are slightly different than those shown in the articles......
All very true, however, this is Japanese Occupancy money, during the war and during a time that there was very little English spoken in the...
Interesting comment about the tape.... I too have a set of notes that my dad brought back from the Philippines and a couple of them are tapped in...
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