In 1860, the legend "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" was moved from the reverse (tails side) to the obverse (heads side) on the dimes and half dimes,...
Well, if the banks make bad loans without FDIC protection, they win anyway. But the depositors are left holding the bag, like they were in the...
Good question-- I have both a 6 pence and a shilling from that era and compared the two. The designs are almost identical from what I can tell,...
Banks were making bad loans long before the FDIC came into existence. In fact, they made so many bad loans that there were bank runs-- people...
Gary was talking about precious metals, not cash. As long as banks are insured by the FDIC, there's not really a chance that they're going to be...
I'm a long-time resident of Japan and have learned the language, so the daily characters are easy for me to recognize. I don't know of any program...
Vinegar is an acid that reacts with the nickel to bring out worn features.
Yes, "King's Crown" is likely the name of the gaming parlor. Here is a Japanese blog that discusses game parlors and some of the tokens that are...
I came across this German marriage medal and was wondering about its background. It appears to date from the 17th or early 18th century. The...
Sorry, I guess I must have skipped right over that part. At any rate, it looks like to could go XF, although as others have said, it's difficult...
What's that at 10:00 on the reverse?
According to diagnostics described on Ebay, "Upper Left Obverse Field: Scattered raised granules in the upper left field of the obverse are...
As well, that's a pretty lousy picture of the coins-- some of the best ones seem to be at least partially covered up. Either someone didn't know...
Well, it was a one-day auction (I don't understand the rationale behind that) so it might have gone under bidders' radars. If the coins are as...
I've got a Morgan and a Peace dollar in a 20th Century Type Set wood-frame display case that look just like your Franklin half on one side-- so I...
At 0.1682 ASW and 29.00/oz for silver, $5.00 would be its approximate melt value.
This is a key date-- it lists in the 2011 Krause catalogue at $275 in Fine-- so it would probably be worth sending it in to NCS or ANACS, even if...
1967 was around the time I was really getting started. There were still plenty of silver coins in circulation, and once in a while there would be...
Yet another Japanese game parlor token-- "King's Crown"
Japanese tokens-- The top one says "Plaza". The bottom one is from an apparently defunct game parlor called "21". Its web site is no longer working.
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