All currencies are FIAT currencies. The metal does NOT monetize the currency, the currency monetizes the metal at a value declared by the...
Just a comment, the coin is a half eagle.
After having actually measured the height of relief on some coins, I see nothing here that indicates a high relief. perhaps sharply struck with a...
$25 Templeton Reid gold piece. Only 1 known and stolen from the mint cabinet decades ago! Existed but present whereabouts unknown!
what about it makes you think it is a proof?
I believe it applies to any business strike coin that exhibits one or more characteristics normally associated with and found on a coin struck in...
Enjoy, numismatists always welcome their own home....come back when the time is right for you.
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For anybody interested, Aug 15 @ 3:00 at the ANA show in Chicago I will be giving a ptesentation on "Confederate Coins, the myths and realities"....
My Avatar. The only known specimen struck in a European alloy of sterling silver dated by neutron activation as a mid 19th century coin.
No, I am referring to the quarter in which the gold piece has been mounted. No apparent stars below the eagle on the reverse.
Could be a Type 1 standing liberty to boot! Nice find anyway.
You make a good point, but miss my point. Many things can and are used as money. Cigarettes are money in prisons. My point is currency which is...
The currency in the United States is the U.S Dollar. It is the currency that monetizes the metal, not the other way around. That value is set by...
All parties agree the mint records were complete and accurate. The bullion account and the cash, or money, account were in balance. By whatever...
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