It's no surprise that British and American bombers destroyed Dresden. It's historical fact. It's also fact that they acted upon a Soviet request...
The florin and double florin were both 19th Century innovations, supposed to be a step toward the decimalization of English currency. The florin...
Ironically, the Soviets requested the destruction of Dresden, supposedly to disrupt German communications prior to the final invasion. Historians...
English coins called their monarch "King of France" centuries after the French chased them off the continent. Coins are politics as much as they...
Quarter farthings, third farthings, half farthings and two-thirds farthings were imperial issues, made to correspond to local denominations...
The Soviets and their east German puppets made a fortune out of occupied Germany having a single currency. The decision of the Western zones in...
Machine doubling.
Struck through cloth. Possibly a stray fragment of a grease wipe.
I've been selling a small percentage of my holdings at various benchmarks - $20, $25, $35 and now $40. If it goes back down, I'll re-purchase at...
Each year of issue has its own peculiarities, especially coins made before 1940. Total minted is but a rough guide to current availability. The...
Actually, the crass commercialization of the Mint reached its apex during Bush the Younger's administration. But don't let facts get in the way...
Thanks. It paid for the books. :)
If you want an actual honest opinion, post a clear photo of the mintmark. If you just want people to agree with you, pick a website with a less...
I once ordered a multi-volume journal a relatively obscure writer wrote during World War II, and printed in 1947. When it arrived, it was clear...
Paranoia and gunpowder are a disturbing combination.
The mintmark is suspect.
I get the occasional dollar coin, the very occasional half dollar and practically no $2 bills at all.
I design and print script for the store I own. We do a lot of buying from walk-in customers, and sometimes they prefer X store credit rather than...
Five grams of gold is worth about $225. There are millions of people in this country who would leap at the chance to earn that much in eight...
US annual GDP is $14 trillion. $200 billion is about 1.4% of that. $200 billion is about $650 per American. That's about 1.3% of average household...
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