1835 Half Cent:
I don't think it was primarily individuals who hoarded these - they may have survived in high percentages because banks held onto them in vaults...
1817 One Cent, 15 Star Variety:
1817 One Cent, 13 star variety (with a nasty rim ding at 4:00):
I found a holed one that sold on eBay - the toning is definitely darker, but that may be due to the fact that this one was found with a metal...
What are the diagnostics on the G/G variety? Also, which G is it - the G in "DG" or in "Farthing"? http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1013.html...
Was there a general issue of threepence in 1898? All I'm finding is this Maundy issue, which happens to match the one I recently bought:...
If you have to give it an acetone bath, I would use a heavily dilute dip. That said, I generally avoid any cleaning unless there's something...
Ah. I never would have guessed that. I wonder if this is a silver (or silvered) version of the same medal?
On coppers that are AG-3 (or worse), you may want to try beading a little bit of distilled water where there date ought to be. Sometimes, it will...
Pics don't seem to have loaded properly. Trying again...
How would you evaluate this?
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