It's a nickel, not a cent, there is no core The coin is made from an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel
Doesn't that die show an awful lot of fatigue for one that still has the bands intact?
it makes sense, but why would the polishing expose the copper? Why would it not just look like polished nickel on the surface?
What confuses me about this coin is the copper color is not restricted to high or low points in the design. We're it plated, the wear would have...
Yesterday, this shop owner I know took in this Buffalo Nickel and asked me to look at it. The surfaces are strange and unlike any I have ever...
Truthfully, I have always commented to people that Littleton may charge very steep prices for the stuff that they sell, but I have yet to see one...
How about a nice roll of 1913-S Barber Quarters?
http://www.coinshowradio.com/archives/481 I not only recommend this book, I recommend it for ALL collectors to place with their collections for...
It is a different expanded section each year. Last year's section covered Half Cents and Large Cents, this year's features small cents
Spock, that's because any profit made by the US Mint goes right into the coffers of the Federal Government and helps to pay our national debt.
IMHO the Mega Red is a book worth buying every year if only for the expanded section (this year covering small cents) that they provide. It's an...
Keep in mind that HSN routinely sells numismatic items for well above their value and that I would equate that ANACS 70 with a raw coin. That's...
It will be the original 1916 pattern design, Spock
Frank forgot because when you threw the switch, you hit him in the head. :D
I disagree. They had a mandate to make the coins, but the mandate requires the coins to be struck on 1/10, 1/4, and 1/2 oz .9999 gold blanks....
That's inaccurate and unfair. The diameter of the coin is dictated by the size of a 1/10 oz blank, and how thin you can make them in order to come...
Equally proud to say that I bought one from the Mint and I like the coin.
Mine came today and I am very pleased. No full bands, but a very nice looking coin.
Actually, I think that they're quite beautiful. The coins have depth in their strike and although not razor sharp it is a fitting tribute to the...
But a diminished proof would only sell for a dollar or even less.
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