The thing is the Classic commemorative halves had very little to do with the government. Each one was the idea of some small group that...
The INS 6 is important and impressive. It isn't unique, that is now the second specimen. The first was pictured on page 169 in my book back in...
That method is actually mentioned in Penny Whimsy for retoning old copper large cents.
Not a die crack, looks like corrosion.
Depends on how badly the ground damaged the 1803, that is a good one.
The only thing the mint had to do with these is they struck the coins and then rejected them and waffled them. The mint does not make the strip,...
No shocked, I was collecting through that era.
Difficult to do since the letter are incuse on the coin, LIBERTY is clearly visible even on coins in the Fr-2 AG-3 range. I wouldn't be...
Plumbago is an old term for graphite.
It has been altered from a 1794 but not a head of 95. I'm coming up with probably S-23
Never heard about people being encouraged to just over it, but it was on display for some time in the Window of Tiffany's in NYC. When it was...
Supposedly the model Longacre used was a profile from the statue "Crouching Venus". He used pretty much the same profile with a little...
What do you define as "well paid"? If you are paying 30% on your AGI then your adjusted income is over $165,000.
I would think they would be more likely to be tin or a tin alloy than antimony.
Yes but the new coins started circulating before then, 15 Feb 1971 was when the official change over happened and Believe that was the day the old...
Then they have made changes I didn't know about.
Maybe like our clubs last show, outside sitting in his car. Our show is held at the county fairgrounds and they insist that security be provided...
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