The octagonal one was struck by the US Assay Office for Gold in Mount Ophir California. If that is not "US Government" nothing is.
These circulated freely in California in the 1850's -- 2.5oz each.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Cents are so worthless that this toy is not a cheat.
Since I mostly do sestertii ... My Valerian 1&2 look like this.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I only do the larger bronze, but we can appreciate a few of mine here. They range from 30.2gm to 34.1gm.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] My own Antonia ain't too great, but I love it.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And as a BONUS! An off-center brockage, two cap-strikes, and a brockage cap-strike. ENJOY!
THANK YOU! We'll try that here. If it works, you'll have your pic of an off-center brockage overstruck normally.[ATTACH]
Oh Foo! Now I can't post an image from my computer. Used to be able to do so. I hate these unwanted 'improvements'. If somebody can clue me...
[IMG] Off-center brockage. Here is a US large cent example that was overstruck normally.
Your coin is sharp but too corroded to see fine details clearly. Might those marks at the reverse dentil-tips be stars? Copare carefully the...
Yep, looks just like the guy.
You assume that everything made is still around.
But FULL WEIGHT?
Not so! If two blanks enter the coining chamber, each gets an impression from a single die. I have seen two full-weight US large cents (owned...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Overdate: Plain hair cords, closed 9 Type 38: No browlock Silly Head: Browlock, enclosed shoulder...
BRAVO!
... and CCCC is *TOTALLY* valid. the 'prefix' to The 'prefix' to Roman numerals (IV instead of IIII or XL instead of XXXX) is a more modern...
Since we're a COIN group, we can add a comparable early-dated coin. Puzzle THIS one out.[ATTACH]
This is positively a worked-down GMM piece. I have never heard of 'Numistrust' as a TPG, but this should VASTLY discredit their credibility.
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