On your website (which is great), under Obverse Design Issues I found an error. See bold text below. [IMG]The obverse of the coin is lacking the...
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60 Shillings? Sure it's not 60 Pence, which is 3 Shillings. That would be bigger than a Half Crown. 60 Shillings would have the value of 3 gold...
I see what may be a small die chip on the end of his chin, but no doubling of anything.
A fool and his money... but there were at least two.
How many coins can be struck with a mold before ir cracks.
I love that 77-D Jefferson.
It could have been on the sheet of paper priorvto printing. Too thin and straight to be a smudge.
Just have him give you the serial number. If he won't even do that, drop, tuck and roll away!
Every fiat currency or token has gone to zero in recorded history. Big difference between money and currency. Gold is the only money I know of now.
Inflation will decrease their value faster than collectibility. Spend while they're still worth something.
Is that a strike-thru on the wing on the Peace $?
No, but older clocks use the original Roman system. Subtracting (IV, IX) wasn't in the system - only adding.
Was it Meow???
The IV or IX, etc. is a modern interpretation, and technically not correct. IIII is 5, VIIII is 9, etc.
Good commentary on the current thinking/rationalization of Americans.
I remember bidding on a MS65 commem half that sold for 3× the previous selling price for this type. Nothing special about it, no toning really....
The world coin info on NGC's website is beyond comical, it is ridiculous. I don't even like to visit it.
Very nice die break on a modern coin.
Something rare are hub polish lines. These show up as raiaed lines on the die, so are incuse on the coin. Hubs haven't been polished that way for...
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