Here's an example of the "bison" side: [IMG] from: https://www.folkschool.org/2017/01/13/whats-hobo-nickel/
Gotta say, I'da thought that on average the environmental damage would be a lot higher; for the most part they just look 'worn' vs. corroded....
'similar'...
Just found in random, circulating change? Crazy good condition!
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Your 1st 'guess' is spot on. Could be gaming the 'insurance' companies as well.
The boys (probably 5 & 7)next door to us set up a lemonade stand last year, and we plied them with Kennedys and we watched them go up and ask...
https://apnews.com/article/rare-dime-auction-san-francisco-mint-574e1a50e1f80b310941ef373d3ca22d So.... only in proof sets. How many (sets) will...
I reached out to people at the Jackson-Hope Fund and the Archives Department at VMI. We'll see if they get back to me. *Update* Well, the...
https://vmi.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15821coll7/id/80
I'm a pretty good "finder" of things, and yeah, even VMI doesn't really give many details. I wonder who "mints" them for the school?
When WF dropped their coin counting machine a few years back my wife started using all my $.50 CRH rejects for buying Powerballs and MegaMillions...
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So no non-US coinage at all? I guess I would have thought there'd be more int'l 'traffic', but I guess why would they have their 'local' change on...
They need ideas? Always thought these were nice; maybe some sets of coins based on the same/similar idea.... [IMG]
I'd suggest cleaning it a bit to help with legibility, but you'd really hate to lose the luster. :rolleyes:
I'll go with: randomly happened to catch it as the answer (question) on an episode of Jeopardy.
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Newborn E-barities!
Fabulous piece. I love (road) trips like this where there's outdoorsy stuff, historical stuff, nostalgic stuff, you just need to move around and...
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