Here are a couple of Spanish Empire coins I picked up a couple of days ago-- Coins salvaged from the sunken galleon El Cazador:
Where did you come up with those figures? In 1970, gold was officially $35/ounce (but closer to $40 on world markets), while silver was around...
It is interesting that recent US coin shows are being described as "more a silver convention than a traditional coin show" while the international...
Yesterday marked the last day of the Tokyo International Coin Convention which is held in Tokyo, Japan every year in late April/early May. There...
The official currency of the US Virgin Islands is the US Dollar, so they wouldn't be making their own coins. The coin on the right looks like it...
I have heard that a lot of American dealers will try to sell foreign silver coins on Ebay, and if that doesn't work, the coins get melted.
The Arabian coin is a silver 1/4 rial from Saudi Arabia dated AH 1354 (1935 in the Christian calendar)....
It used to be that some people would tear off a corner of a $2 to "ward off bad luck". The $2 bill was considered "unlucky", in large part because...
I remember watching a few episodes of Dennis the Menace back then, but I never realized that Mr. Wilson was a coin collector. The person who got...
A 1955-D Double Die, eh?
Speaking for myself, if I could buy a Jackie Robinson silver dollar for $37, I'd buy it. If I were offered a well-worn common-date Morgan or Peace...
It might help in identification if you could get a clearer picture of the portrait side, with the portrait aligned in a natural position instead...
When I was a kid, I got really excited about Mercury dimes. And Indian head pennies. And Barber dimes. But having an allowance of maybe a dollar...
A couple of tidbits about silver certificates: The last year they could be redeemed for silver was 1968. And in the waning days, they could only...
I might call it "the product of goofing around in shop class". But who knows? There might be another explanation for it. :)
Looking at my 1970 Redbook under Franklin halves, I see that the 1955 was considered the key date in circulated grades, with a listed price of...
Could be a combination of things-- People who were hoarding silver coins in the '60s have died and their heirs just think the silver coins are...
But it shows an image of a "conder" (condor). :smile
The reverse font seems to match up pretty well with my 1842 Large Date. The only letter that looks questionable to me would be the "F" in "OF".
While it's a common date, this one has been a senior member of my collection, ever since I rescued it from a junk box for $5. And for some reason,...
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