No, it goes into the Treasury General Fund.
Some of my "uglies" with those survival rate have cost me under $1,500 (some considerably less.) Pretty easy to get some really pretty coins for...
I'm on the other side. For me rarity is important even if it is ugly. Those preety common coins are just that, common. They are always...
They've been able to change lead into gold with atom smashers for decades.
Stephen Foster left Cincinnati before he started composing. I has to admit though that I find the Cincinnati half dollar fascinating. It was one...
The Mint doesn't receive tax money appropriations, they are a net revenue source for the general fund and are self funding from the seigniorage...
The Trime was not the smallest US coin (in diameter). As mentioned they were 14 mm, the type 1 gold dollars were 13 mm, but they were heavier...
But even a high grade Chain AMERI would be a lot more common. :)
Patterns though were typically made as Proofs. Usually a very small number would be made and the planchets would most likely be hand fed into the...
The Spiked Chin is not A variety, it is actually four varieties, and the obv die was actually used on FIVE varieties. It was first used to strike...
It's a N-6, R-3 200 to 600 estimated to exist, or slightly scarce.
Two holes can also be a button, or a humdinger.
I'm thinking S-211.
This was probably something of a holdover from the British experience. British coins or the era did not have denominations either. You were...
That last one appears to a counterfeit hobo nickel. It's not on a real buffalo nickel. A complete fake.
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