I guess I was asking for fortune telling, but I was more curious as to the types of coins. I do like the CuNi Indians like Bone and the SLQ from...
I guess I could have said $50 as well, but lets say $100. So what single US coin $100 or less in coinvalues or buy it now on ebay would you pick...
Breen quotes philadelphia mint assay reports of the "Mormon" coins as being significantly underweight and gold percentage far from "pure gold". He...
The total minted of $10 indians was still many times the number of $3 gold minted. So while the populations graded may be similar, there are...
This link explains it. It and wikipedia implies it was applied post issue. http://rob.orangejack.com/2005/12/05/two-dollar-bills-return-to-orlando/
In 1873 The US Trade dollar was given legal tender status, but then the US revoked the legal tender status in 1876. It was evidently returned to...
Also the US considered patterns for a gold dollar in1849 with a square hole in the center and then from 1850-1852, several different patterns...
If it is a true bullion coin, then there should be little damage to its value,but none the less it is sad when that happens. I am curious though...
I would venture a MS63, looks like reverse of 1940 variety. Very willing to be wrong with photos :)
Hey, give the guy a break. He lowered the price from the previous $45,000....
There are many many reference books on coins. I have a bookcase of them that I have collected over the past 30 years. Most depend on your area of...
http://www.ngccoin.com/services/submitting.asp NGC does have special submitting by individuals if they either (1) Join their Collectors club...
From the appearances, my thought would be that the damage was at least in 2 direcions. First, downward pressure which pushed the entire "1" down...
What is intersting to me about the extra sliver in the indentation is that is very close to the size and shape of the damaged top part of the "1"....
I think that the top coin was a planchet fault since 1945 cents were not laminated, they were a single alloy. Liberty is OK since the fault was...
This years mintage of the 1 kilo gold panda is 200 worldwide. The current price is over $31,000. Talk about a premium :)
I think over the years, that the line between "coin" and "bullion" has shrunken due to beautiful coins with not much difference between the...
I did try to find a photo of the medal that Eastman was awarded at the 1933 world fair, thinking it might have a similarity. I could not find that...
I think you are correct about the 1890 date. I found a couple of 1890's that were in approximate degree of wear, and the top of the 3rd digit...
Was it a new bank or mint roll, or a repacked one from a bank customer? If it was a repack, it appears in the photo like one a person can create...
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