Auto makers were using platinum for catalytic converters. When the price spiked, auto makers converted to palladium, which was historically...
I introduce a novel "string theory" for the earliest form of currency or exchange, 40,000 to 50,000 years ago. Collecting string has fallen out...
That is a harpy eagle. The 2 Pfennig posted by alurid is "play money" made by Ludwig Christian Lauer.
I think the word is "Festschiessen" hidden behind the hole. This appears to me to be a 25 year (25 Jahrigen) festival or celebration medal for...
I have a feeling this is a merchant who had a private medal made. He is not a medalist from Nuremberg/Nurnberg as far as I can tell. See link...
You are correct. There are two varieties: weak 7/8 and strong 7/8. This coin is neither but it is a nice example.
The coin shows no signs of being a counterfeit. The die cracks along the reverse lettering are frequently seen on Morgan dollars. Obverse and...
I often wondered why the 1883 No Cents Liberty Head Nickel is not worth as much. According to NGC, the No Cents design is not worth as much as the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a 1797 2 pence. It looks the same as the penny. You have to measure the diameter to know the difference: a...
I think "longarm" has it right: paper prices and the price you have to pay for physical silver have decoupled. I would add that U.S., coinage is...
I meant to put in the original post that according to Duane Spellman,* the nickname "Lonesome John" was given to John Devine because John was the...
My latest acquisition is this undated nickel, struck on a clad dime planchet. Coin collecting is about the collectors as much as it is about...
The first thing I do when this happens is I go next door to my neighbors to see if it was delivered there by accident. Then contact post office...
Did you compare the coins under high magnification before cleaning them? How long after cleaning did you look at them under high magnification?...
AU58-FH with a CAC sticker
My collection is primarily U.S., coins, with the lion's share being from the 1800s, and the rest mostly pre-1965 coinage. I am NOT a World Coin...
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Modern U.S., and world coins are boring: boxes of MS/PF70s; disappointment when you're coin grades 68/69. Yawn...
My husband is under the delusion he's Russian because he was born on October 4, 1957.
This is a patch that I have not researched yet. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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