That is a half dime.
I'm always happy to see half cents get love here. They are most definitely fascinating, historical and rare. And generally affordable.
Neither. Golden silver are just commodities, like pork bellies or soybeans. They have no inherent value other than what someone will give you for...
Yet another case where a slab prevents the collector from seeing what's important about the coin.
Jack, unless you have given away all rights to your work, which would be extremely unusual in a case like this, you have the right to republish...
Looks like a cat counterfeit to me. The portrait doesn't look close to real.
63RB
Yes. Fingerprints.
I’m sorry. I was wrong. It’s not a C-6. It’s a C-4. Circle-in-0 variety. I don’t know what got into my head to call it something else. This...
It’s an 1809 Cohen 6. You can tell by the position of the leaf tips close to the O in OF.
Large cents of that era were not struck in a close collar, which is what we talk about when we talk about a collar. Most specialists agree that...
Yes. WOW!
This is absolutely correct. Many do not seem to understand that ANY corrosion on a coin is oxidized metal from the surface. You cannot undo...
I have never regretted selling a coin. There's always another one, and I don't have to own them all at the same time. That said, there are a...
Many thanks for the birthday wishes.
Thanks. As I told my daughter, 70 is the new 35.
In the copper world, people recommend a soft rose thorn and patience.
I'm pretty much with Publius 2 on this. It feels like a "gotcha." Does anyone here really think any TPG is infallible? Does anyone here think...
A very famous and significant die trial. I wish I owned it. And it was found in the dirt at the original Mint site, as I recall.
Those are mint made and typical for Fugio coppers.
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