The underground railroad went to the northern states. Dates for the northern states and territories ending slavery: 1780 Pennsylvania (Quakers...
And the best synonym of them all: Bicenquinquagenary If I found that on a coin I would give it to a paleontologist.
I save every one I come across. Best coin ever. We beat the British Empire (biggest of all time) and we ended slavery. Half the country did,...
Yes, I omit the T all the time. I often pretend to be a Londoner talking to an Irishman.
Yes, compared to some coins' topographical maps of their state, Wyoming does seem a bit like a high school project. What do you mean by Florida...
Your penny looks like a 1947 nickel I have that looks like it was in a blender. It's my favorite coin, because it has 40 years of grime and...
Since I've done this several times (making mirrors), the reverse looks like it was filed flat. The obverse looks like it was sand blasted from...
Here in Ohio we have a definite LACK of state quarters of anything west of the Mississippi River. Can we trade? I have 8 pounds of nice quarters...
Quote "Most of the state quarters are nice like Kentucky and Nevada. The problem with final products though generally isn't the designers its the...
Easy mistake. Start typing Brit and the spell checker recommends Brittany. And I think I've seen the double T elsewhere, like on old maps and in...
Sorry. But I'm predicting it'll be a dark brown oxide again in a few years. Currently, though, I'm making a rainbow of alloys. I need all the...
Thanks for the info. I like how some coins have room for some of the words, and some coins just abbreviate them. I guess they need tiny...
Thanks for the info. That was my second guess right after I hit send.
Thanks! And I should have guessed! I read all about the decimalization at Wikipedia, but didn't think "new penny" was necessary for the public...
Here is the Canadian 1969 penny on the left, and the mystery 1977 on the right (after being cleaned up).
1977
I've tried Wikipedia's entries for Canada, Ireland, UK, New Zealand and Australia, but couldn't find this coin. It's a bit bigger than the...
Thanks for the info, everyone. I'll try not to use those coin machines ever again.
By my math the Dollar Store would become the Five And Dime Store again. (Or just the Dime Store.) I wish China and Japan would do that first....
Peso, Paso, tom eh toe, tom ah toe
Separate names with a comma.
