With everything else that’s going on there, maybe it’s worth asking if that Denver Ike is type 2 as expected.
Neil Utberg mentioned these in The Coins of the Republic of Mexico 1823 - 1905: This tiny gold medal was struck to honor and commemorate Emperor...
Turner13, as paddyman pointed out this a very old thread. To answer your question, this coin is usually seen in a brass composition - yellow when...
Compare the rim and dentils with a real one, too.
C, eye appeal.
Or a wad of food wrap, same idea. Glad’s is polyethylene, according to their web site.
There seems to be some controversy around the idea, but there's at least a school of thought that says 18th century Spanish colonial 8 reales...
So what’s the penalty for starting a GTG and then disappearing? It must be pretty horrible...
I know how you feel, Lev. I've chased the subject online to the limit of my patience and while it seems to be something "everybody knows" about,...
[Four year old thread.] There are a few sites that specialize in graded world bullion (moderncoinmart.com comes to mind, and it’s easy to find on...
I’d agree about overdipped but two things make me want to give it the benefit of the doubt: (1) he says the acetone took off “most of the dark...
Interesting. Does “no repudiation” refer to a specific campaign issue?
To get to the other side!
Not an expert on the subject, but they look like coupons - a block of them would have been attached to the original bond, one to be cut off each...
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Sheesh, am I the only one who thought the copper showing on the edge was kind of cool?
One more vote here from the “never had a problem with copper and acetone” camp.
Or mechanically reworked by a knucklehead with a screwdriver.
Serves me right I guess :rolleyes:.
Not to hijack, but I know little about proofs and see a chance to learn something here. I’d guessed PR63 on this coin because of what looks like a...
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