It's been many years, so my memory is fuzzy on the grading, and I was new at collecting, so my grading skills would not have been great. But the...
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I'm no expert here, but if it is I don't think you could ever prove it by the mintmark. Perhaps some experts out there could find enough die...
My point, exactly. But if they insist, let them cover the cost. Many merchants did this in the Civil War, creating Civil War tokens, only they...
It would be even worse, because steel is rougher on dies than zinc.
Not mine--that's on Sensible Sal's post. His is a very pronounced example.
I think of chop marks somewhat like wear. I have liked history since I was in elementary school, and both wear and chop marks show the coin has a...
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Also the neck and the face appears doubled. (MD?)
I like your bill, but it's not too unusual for the black ink from the front to bleed a little onto the sheet above it, or for the embossing to...
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Not in as good condition as some of yours, and I see no clash marks. This is aluminum from 1937-1938. I have some others somewhere, but no...
That is so cool! Thanks for posting!
I doubt down. More likely rounded up, like the gas price. I've had fast food drive throughs already do that to me. Since most transactions...
$40 in double eagles and $10 in eagles should do it. I remember paying $60 for a Saint $20 about that time.
I got a catalogue from Ben's Stamp and Coin Co., in Chicago, when I was 12. I ordered quite a few coins from it, a few of which I still have,...
This would have been relatively trivial when made: Caria Halicarnasus Tetartemorion, 6mm, .2 g. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This qualifies as trivial...
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