In other words, getting a proof set box with COA doesn't guarantee that the coins in it are really a proof set? Glad I don't collect them.
There is a huge difference between "illegal" tender - essentially only counterfeit coin or currency - and "non" legal tender - anything other than...
Sorry, you're view of the law is wrong. Legal tender is legal tender, and the penalty for refusing it is surrender of the debt. One of our...
I'd love to see a citation to a decided case allowing rejection of legal tender in payment of a debt. You're right that there are no laws...
Sorry, zero gold. It's the opening coin of a series of so-called "golden" dollars, commemorating the Presidents of the United States, in order of...
My gut reaction was “The cops goofed”, on the theory that the number of one cent coins usable as legal tender in a single transaction was limited,...
Correct. They were "coin silver", which is .900 silver with the other 10% usually, if not always, being copper.
Deja vu across the pond. The first time I was old enough to remember being in Canada, almost 60 years ago, US currency was accepted almost...
Another easy test is a magnet. The cu-ni won't stick, the bonded steel will.
1938 George VI shilling, Great Britain KM#853, 5.6552g of .500 silver, ASW .0909 oz., mintage 4,833,000, per 2008 35th Ed. Standard Catalog of...
Provided you submitted it to SGS.
I wasn't implying anything. I said Draw your own conclusions That means I'm giving no opinion, so look at the report and decide how you feel...
In 1971 Great Britain scrapped its ancient monetary system of 12 pence to the shilling, 20 shillings to the pound, and adopted a decimal system of...
You got that right, as I explained in detail here.
Draw your own conclusions from the Toolhaus report.
As someone implied in the other thread you posted asking the exact same question, without identifying the country of coins with denominations used...
The definitive answer is It...
That type of medal generally has no special collector value unless it's a product of a well-known medalist such as the German Goethe. Yours is...
You heard wrong! Acidic damage removing metal from the surface.
Looks like he's out of business. The very first hit for a Google of "Ken Madison Coins" is this thread; so he obviously doesn't have a coin...
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