What's wrong with the date? Looks like a Large Date to me. Breen writes that there are (at least) 6 obverse dies known for the large date.
Yeah, it looks like someone introduced that large cent to "sink scrubber". Ouch.
I respectfully disagree. It's just like aluminum cans-- it's far cheaper to smelt a nearly pure product and turn it into something else, than to...
Since this coin is magnetic and thus is probably made of steel, it contains what, maybe 2 cents worth of metal in it? Another "fine" product from...
What's the year (date) of the coin you saw? And does it have a mint mark (small letter D or S) under "In God We Trust" or at around 7:00 on the...
I know you must have been in a hurry to get your first graded coin, but it's a waste of money to pay a 50% premium just to have a coin shipped to...
When I click that link, I get a notice that I don't have permission to access that page.
I'm thinking the average wage was a little higher than that. My mom was pulling $75/week in as a grade school teacher in a small Southern town in...
I think the 1882 $10 and the 1915 $5 might make it to MS-60. I don't think the 1880-S would even make it to AU, though.
I qualified my statement with "probably" because I do not know if there are any patterns with those dates. However, the coins pictured in this...
Maybe the attraction of Jeffersons is that you can build a decent set without investing a lot of money. You can pluck most dates from circulation....
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That's quite an amazing set you've completed. Congratulations! :thumb:
I bought one of those 1968 proof sets for sentimental reasons a couple of years ago for $6, less than half of the 1969 price. It is a beautiful...
Any silver 1-yen coin dated 1871, 1872 or 1873 (Meiji 4, 5, 6) is probably fake. Any Japanese silver coin dated 1872 is probably fake. All...
It's definitely a fake. Like the 1873, the 1871 is another one of those fantasy pieces that was never struck.
What kinds of fakes are you thinking about? One-yen silver coins, or other denominations?
It's fake. Probably a Chinese fake. The Western/Christian year 1873 is a dead giveaway.
I think silver has attracted the attention of the public-- just not the media. While I was visiting my friendly local coin dealer not too long...
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