Randy, thanks for sharing this, and thanks to all of you who explained it. I learn something new all the time on CT.
Assuming the vertical lines are raised, as they appear to be in the photo, it looks to my non-expert eyes like die scratches, perhaps from the...
The fact that you can find high grade coins with die chips and cracks fairly easily in change means that everyone else can as well, so few...
If you make enough of these and melt the scrap, can you put them back into circulation and avoid the penalties against melting cents for the metal...
Great coins. Would the double struck 1961-D be a "two cent" piece? It says it twice on the back!
Wow!
Almost all the war nickels I ever found (and they were common when I started collecting) looked more or less this color.
You are jesting, right? Who in their right mind would have an MS60, or for that matter, an MS-65 Bicentennial quarter certified? Are there...
Thank you! I had guessed that, but could not be sure.
It's a cool coin, and I really like it, but for those of us who are ignorant, who is the Imperator on this coin and what country made it?
Entry Post 1, 10, 11, 2, 9, 6, 4, 8, 3, 7, 5 One of my first two ancient coins, purchased for $3.75 from Ben's Coin catalogue in 1963 when I was...
When I hold up a ruler to your picture on my screen and align it with the top and bottom dimes, on the left side of the picture they exactly line...
Thanks!
It's hard to see diameter accurately in that picture, although it does look to me slightly smaller than the other two. Could you show a picture...
You are the expert, but I am curious. What is it about the coin that tells you that?
Because it appears so lightly but so evenly done, I do not believe it was spooned. I once tried that with a silver half dollar (back when they...
I don't have any facts, but I have a theory as to why banker's marks decreased in the later Empire. Perhaps it was for the same reason that there...
Count me in as one of those who wants to know. I know the uncertainty of opinions based only on photos, but I want to know with as much certainty...
It appears some of the confusion in this thread comes from an inconsistency in terminology. "Pure" gold, in an absolute sense, probably does not...
What a great way to start out on Coin Talk! I hope it turns out to be genuine--it sure looks like it is to me, but I'm no expert. It's already...
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