I am woefully uneducated on paper currency.... But just how the dickens does that happen?
Just to be clear..... If I dip the coin incorrectly, then I run the risk of damaging the hidden luster don't I? Which tells me I would rather...
I thought I had some nice two cent examples until I saw @ldhair and @johnmilton examples. Those are some spectacular coins, fellows.
Fifty years of collecting and I didn’t learn that until I joined CT. So danged obvious and I battled staples unknowingly for fifty years.
Wondering how the missing reed deters counterfeiting? It is widely published so it isn’t any secret. They don’t think the fakers can eliminate a...
Oh wow. I just read that thread. My heart breaks for that fellow.
I only had one recent order with them that arrived without any problems at all. But I did want to add this….. I deal with a myriad of suppliers...
Yep…. I too am in with the LCS. 40% silver takes up a bunch of storage.
I love that. I have some coins from my late grandmother too. She wrapped them in wax paper before she tucked them away. They still reside to this...
Three years ago I helped a friend liquidate his late fathers hoard. He had untold numbers of rolls of the Westward Journey nickels. He labeled...
I thought the same thing. More I thought about it, I am sure it was a marketing addition with the specific intent of making that label appear...
Well..... I been collecting coins for fifty years and I never heard of a Missouri hoard. That doesn't mean that there isn't one, but here's the...
I too enjoy a blast white coin. However, most anything you do to remove that toning will reduce any numismatic premium. Folks like their coins au...
If you would have asked the old coin shop guy that taught me about coins when I was a youngster he would say no way. But yeah with grading...
Best thread I have seen in a long time.
Here it is. Directly off the US mint website. Public Law 113-106, which requires the United States Mint to strike the Congressional Gold Medal...
I did find the medal. It is a commemorative gold medal struck in honor of the Raiders. Now I want to know if your token is somehow tied to this or...
I am trying to find it. But Dave I am thinking that token was authorized by President Obama to commemorate a medal that he authorized to...
The Raiders trained at our local airport. They practiced bombing missions over our lake. One of the bombers that was to have been part of the raid...
And if I am not mistaken, Mr. Cole was part of the crew piloted by Doolittle….. What humble and courageous gentlemen they were. Edit… I keep...
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