Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. The early mint employees often... subsidized their modest income with moonlighting projects. One reason...
Unlike some "novelty" bills, the 3 of those I've seen were not overprinted on real bills. So, if someone is passing those as real money, that's...
Love that sentiment, and the "no more lies / no more war" Jefferson nickel was quite well counterstamped. Personally, I don't go in for any...
There was an ugly trend in early American numismatics to have collectibles made to order. The big dealers had sweetheart deals with mint employees...
I got a silver 3 cent in change once. Teller was passing it off as a dime and I certainly didn't correct her!
Found this in a bank roll. Not sure what I'm looking at. I've seen half dollars take on some golden hues when stored with clad coinage over...
Checked $100 in halfs - found these 3: 2x 1964 & a 1958. *Definitely* going back to get a few more rolls - I usually only find a 40% per $500...
Bumping...
The production premium is usually insane. But, which is a better sized unit for barter (in some insane world where the banks shut down for while...
Is the goal to tarnish them? Air tight, low humidity and temperature swing control are the most important for avoiding tarnish.
Dollar cost averaging is still one of the best ways to play the PM market without getting roller coastered. There isn't much silver coinage...
Uganda 2000 Shillings commemorative from 2000 (for Pythagoras, hence the triangular shape) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The only coins I've sent off for grading were with ANACs. And, they offer free return shipping - if you deliver your coins to them at a coin show,...
Often, differences between an 69 & 70 can only be seen under 10x magnification (or greater).
Pretty coin! I don't think the rim ding alone will downgrade it to "details".
Also, what grade would you label this? There's a fair amount of clean, even wear on the obverse highpoints, but only a little on the reverse. I'm...
I started with using the reverse die to narrow it down to the Overton types with the I in Pluribus centered under the T in States. That left...
Picked this up last week. I'm still learning how to do attribution on bust halves - where should I start on this one? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Well, I did put a few on there that fall into that category. I'll try again later, with a slightly broader net of challenging but obtainable coins.
"The large gold disks had a gold fineness and weight equivalent to four British sovereign gold pieces (0.942 oz. AGW) "
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