fools, i would have taken that morgan and the silver cert straight off of you. No point turning down a nice piece of silver is there?
You mean in a container with 50p, 10p, 5p, 2p, penny and halfpenny... :D We'd been decimal for the past 6 years by that point.
Welcome to the crazy world of hammered coins! I'm getting more interested in them by the day, i will get a French one, one day!
Can't say i have, but if you could post a pic.
Ha here is an error for you... (i sold it when i upgraded to one without the unsightly die flaws that ruined the appeal of the coin.) [img] [img]
you can pick em up for... $12,700 in that condition, nothing quite like a hammered gold sovereign. If SQ's were along those lines (but less of...
very true... so when are we gonna make our coins look like this then?...
just getting my asbestos pants on now...
Hmm i can see where you're coming from, but i still get the feeling they are on a par with euros, modern/lacklustre and massive mintages......
maybe 'i hate them' wasn't well phrased i view them with sheer abhorrence. :)
My honest opinion is i absolutely hate them. 3 reasons... 1) Diluting the hobby 2) Profit orientated 3) Low relief, clipart, no real...
why what do you think it is? (i'm open to any ideas)
Ah well it's not mine... But it's not an engraving issue, it's definately a rotated die, (double struck), because it should be a cross on the...
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Works just the same with coins, except they don't blow away after you've thrown them, just don't be stood underneath where you threw them though...
I can assure you whilst ever there's a $20 Liberty in existence it won't happen!
i reckon number 13 is from Belgium.
Well there's probably loads of better ideas out there, but like you say most of them would be ruined and clipartified (if that's a word!) the joys...
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