The US has two colonies, on in Louisiana and one in Hawaii. As mentioned they use regular US coins. There was also a colony in the Panama Canal...
The five dollar note was a Series 1969 Federal Reserve Note. The Secretary of the Treasury signature was David M Kennedy which was used on the...
And there may also be a tolerance range for the slab weights that would need to be taken into consideration.
If the state you live in charges sales tax on coins, the California dealer is still supposed to charge your states sales tax and forward it to...
Wrong reverse, has the reverse of 1814 S-295.
You will see it on the proof President dollars and Innovation dollars. Oh and the Sac dollar had a plain edge so no segmented collars, they are...
But the Atocha wasn't part of the 1715 plate fleet. If you loke cobs and shipwreck coins you probably should watch Daniel Frank Sedwick's website...
This used to be commonplace with coin dealers. They would buy surplus postage from stamp dealers and cover their packages with it. So much post...
This is from Roger' book Saudi Gold. The U.S. contract with railroads provided fixed shipping rates for mail. By this means the governement...
Yes, when Edmund Roberts embarked on his diplomatic mission in 1835 he carried four sets of proof coins as part of the inventory of gifts to be...
No, it is just the name for the design type. The 1793 Chain and Wreath cents were flowing hair, then there was the 1793 - 96 Liberty caps, then...
Need an attribution guide? I have one that was copied from another forum. I find it works pretty well and it has images for all but 3 of the rev...
The smaller size was struck in a close collar, the large size were struck in an open collar. The close collar allowed for the rims to strike up...
I'm still trying to decide whether to but the 2023 S proof Peace from the Mint or wait and see if it drops on the secondary market.
It's about the same as my S-105. Maybe a little better.
For a classic head that is a very nice coin.
I need to get these.
As Messydesk said they were wrapped in tissue paper and shipped to the buy by mail. If you bought a complete set you COULD have them shipped in a...
You want a full set of D mint proofs? Get a 1984 D lympic commemorative $10 gold coin. It's the only proof coin that was struck at Denver.
Except on the proofs where the edge lettering is applied at the time of strike by a segmented collar. On the old round pounds they used a...
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