When you're 10 years old, and you persuade your dad's barber to "watch his change" for old coins, and yes, in 1955, most "old" coins were in fact...
For anyone interested, here is a lengthy, comprehensive article and tabulation of U.S. coins accidentally struck on foreign planchets (at the...
They COULD exist, if struck on a foreign planchet, and the Philly mint struck coins for many countries before World War II. I see off-metal...
Here's info on the one rare variety of Sacagawea dollar -- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cheerios-one-cent-premium.262554/ The first part is...
For non-Cheeseheads, Neufchatel looks and tastes like Philadelphia cream cheese, except with about 1/3 less calories. It's very good in scrambled...
I don't know the answer, but if I did this, which I don't, I would search rolls only, on the "theory" that bags were counted last week by a...
Why don't you call them and get a correct, up-to-date answer, instead of CT wag's? Toll-free 1-800-NGC-COIN.
Silver dimes are the preferred junk silver, IMHO, because they are the most convenient size for commerce, i.e., currently in the $1.25 range....
Just for fun, I Googled one of the names (the second signature) on the OP's bill, Jacob Shoemaker, and found a brief bio: "Jacob Shoemaker, Jr....
Denly's of Boston has a 15 shilling "indented" bill exactly like yours, "VF" for $295, but couldn't find a 10 shilling. Sorry, that doesn't help...
And, as I pointed out previously, it's not necessarily good. Both the Canadian and Australian dollar have been at parity various times since the...
China was our great benefactor, more or less, through the 1990s until the crash. They contributed to our prosperity by sending us a LOT of cheap...
Actually it's bad news for us, as a strong dollar works against exports and weakens American businesses. Example: Today: $1 = €0.90 | Price of a...
There is a HUGE difference between the budget deficit and the so-called national debt. The first can be "cured" with bogus BLS numbers and...
Someone tell me the difference in price if it was actually (say) 40% versus 80% silver. I have no idea what the standard fineness should be. And...
Leave it to the bankrupt Greeks to embrace Bitcoins -- that should teach them a lesson they will never forget, when everything goes POOF with...
Amen. I don't always buy Indian Cents, but when I do, I make sure they are HOT out of the hopper: [ATTACH] Nearly half a ton of fake half...
First invest the price of a pizza in a new 2016 Redbook. Amazon = hardcover edition = $14.13; buy some t-shirts or razor blades so your order...
You're an inventor but don't know it. Set yourself up with a patent and a trademark, hire a tiddly-winks company to manufacture them (or our buds...
The phrase "Extra Coins" contains 10 different letters; works for me...sometimes I add a Y or Z just to confuse people. 0 e 1 x 2 t 3 r 4 a...
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