It's why I always enjoyed collecting the German Sates .. There must be 100 or more and all now defunct. But there are some real neat ones!
A specific gravity test is based on weight and volume. If they weigh the same and have the same area or volume, you will see no difference with a...
In '67 only half of the 62 million mintage was .800 silver ... the rest were .500. In '68 70 million were minted in .500 and another 173 million...
The Charlton guide is an annual and every year/edition they have a variety section in the back for a certain denomination and/or monarch. Always...
Samo, samo here from the Western edge of Lake Ontario
Since the last digit in the date was hand-punched into each working die, the 9's are all over the place, including many that are doubled with good...
I've posted these references before when questions on the model pennies came up. The pages are from Unusual World Coins by Krause. I'm sorry...
What a great thread to revive! Thank you all! I must have missed it the first time through.
I think that the lettering has been carefully removed. You can almost see the change in the surface luster/sheen
GDJMSP ... I have enjoyed your posts for years. This one was bang on! I have posted this thread on another site and we all speak from the same...
I can't post a picture of a coin with animals, but I can give you a site that's ALL animals. An old friend that I lost touch with 10-12 years...
Joe gives the best price if you are in the T.O. area. He's at almost all the shows around here. joeaziz@aol.com
Sorrry, I didn't mean to cross the political line. I DO have some very nice Greenland coins ... I like both the Obv & Rev of them
I store all my coins that are half dollar size or smaller in 1 1/2 X 1 1/2's rather than 2 X 2's. That way you get 30 per page, rather than 20...
The orb in the upper crown and the mustache are the highest points on the Obverse, and the ornamentation on the shoulder and the laurel above the...
I think that the OP ran out of disparaging words to thrust at any opinion different than his own. Maybe he should be a politician.
I agree with "collecting nut". Regardless what you do to try to remove the solder, there will still be a film of lead/tin on the coin. The...
Here is a website that may help you get a general idea of what is worth grading and what is not. If you have the '48 dollar, that needs to be...
Not many people have these cert'd because there were so many .. the cost to cert more than eats up any extra value in the coin.
Yes, each face dollar of the silver denominations from 1920 thru to the 60's is 0.6 troy ounces of Ag.... easy to figure out in your head, once...
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