I bought a $300 coin, watched it tracked USPS all the way to my PO box saying "delivered", went there soon after, PO box was empty. After 5-10...
The N appears to be WMDO-001 Doubled Master Die as Spark says. If so, 60-70% of all 1972 cents have it. https://doubleddie.com/823839.html
What was the motivation for crossing them? Just curious.
Designed by Melicio Figueroa and none other than Charles Barber. I have not expanded my Barber coin interests to the Philippines but maybe...
I'm imagining that you could reload the machine from the bottom with junk and leave the tantalizing valuable ones visible in the window.
@johnmilton I take a lot of what Breen says with a grain of salt. I've looked at a ton of the proofs on Heritage and I can't see what he thinks is...
No one has said to soak it in acetone? Maybe it's grease or ink and will come right off. Don't trust me though because I've only used acetone on a...
If you look at the holed 1652 shillings on Heritage, the large majority have round holes. This suggests that something other than a square nail...
If you're just testing your eye, learn to see the other markers besides FG. To me the easiest is whether the A in States is centered or not....
Franklin Mint just got a new idea.
I suppose the Franklin Mint could have just bought one of the 3000+ medallions and used that silver instead. That's nothing! I've been in space...
And yet upwards of 440 Robbins medallions were flown on each Apollo mission. By my math that's about 10 pounds worth....
Same. Seems like there's a ferrule in there or something.
Wait, they also minted coins in Charlotte and Dahlonega. https://www.money.org/a-brief-history-of-confederate-coins/
1861-O halves were minted by the confederacy after they took over the mint.
I'm thinking a later Barber with the tall snaky S. Or maybe they just drew the S with a crayon like they did with the date. [ATTACH]
How right you are. It's a Frankencoin!
Yes, it was very common. After grandpa gave us his coins the first thing we did was use silver and copper polish on a few of them. Fortunately we...
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