I can easily get behind that. Kids (anyone under 40) may be savvy in many things I don't understand, but it seems to me that fundamental history...
So...do you just use them for ready cash? Or sort through 'em for serial number anomalies...or the odd red seal? wlw
That was a blast from the past...there's gotta be a connection I'm missing, though...wait! It's the Mountie, right? wlw
Very nice page! Is there (anywhere) a similar page for pre-FRB $2? I've got several 1928, lots of 1953 & 1963...and a very few FRB. I'm not sure...
Right you are! wlw
I am often unable to get a showing after I've entered all the information accurately, even sometimes when I have entered the initials (KM) and the...
Pics on the French page, especially the interior shot up into the elliptical coupole are close enough to the Medal that I wonder if they may have...
Something about Krause I'm missing; I've spent some time trying to find this on the NGC site...No Joy. It's the same for the Paper Money site, but...
Excellent, Christian...Thanks!
The most interesting thing about this note (for me) is the Peru 4 Centavo stamp on the reverse. Is it a Revenue stamp, or simply a Postage stamp...
Bingo! Wonderful it is how answers are so quick, and complete, here. Deep gratitude, all! wlw
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Where to begin...? I have tried to find a Krause number, without success. I assume the mint date is 1955, which commemorates a...
Thanks for your candor...no offense taken. As with some of the coins I have inherited, 19th C mostly, there are a fair number of fakes...and they...
A new word! The exergue, in this case, appears to be niggardly small...so perhaps just symbolic, as there is all that available space in the...
I just may do that. I'll assume someone there will respond to a query written in English, though that may be an assumption too far...but the...
What's that old saw?...Y'don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. I share your grief; that's a beautiful piece! wlw
I wrote AEIC a short email asking for any info. Got the following today: Mr. Whittier, I’m afraid we do not have definitive information about the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~38.1mm X ~2.3mm; ~22.1grams; Bronze Obverse: Ford Trimotor in Clouds over Mountains; 40th Anniversary...
And, again: French Mint with the year at the rim. Surely those folks have catalogued their production over the years? Ideally, the database would...
There appears to be a golden tint to the bronze; could FLOR be an indicator of a wash or plate application?
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