I am not sure where you got your information, but it is incorrect. The Brasher doubloons were not cast, they were struck. Check Breen, Bowers,or...
I like your three cent piece, I have always found them to be an interesting coin. The Indian cent is one of the classics of American coinage, I...
Wow, you have uncovered documented proof of the Washington ugly head! Congratulations, this has eluded the greatest minds in colonial numismatics...
To address a few things, there is no way this could be a "sample" to be presented for approval. The only things that mattered were weight and...
I think what you read meant a planchet is placed between two dies, the dies impress the design on the planchet making a coin. This process would...
The copper is visible in the photo of the edge, just a regular beat up quarter.
I think it is a great idea and shouldn't be too costly, unless you shoot for high grade pieces. I would represent the American Revolution with a...
Agreed, these are just cheap parchment paper copies. Genuine notes are thin, limp, rag paper.
NE shilling, Willow tree shilling, Higley copper, might as well think big!
Unfortunately, it is not the real thing. It appears to be a cast replica.
Yes, even with the lousy picture it is easily identified as one of the cheap souvenir replicas.
It can't be a die, not with the obverse and reverse on opposite sides of the same piece. I think someone made a "coin" by squeezing a piece of...
I agree with it being a repro, there are many times more repros than there are genuine coins.
If genuine this coin is very valuable, however there have been tons of reproductions made. Yours is not one of the typical cheap souvenir...
I also think it is a Philadelphia mint coin, the mark you are seeing appears to be too high to be an S mintmark.
No, apparently your nickel has had a bezel put on it, most likely to be suspended from a necklace, bracelet or the like.
How much does it way? A genuine coin should way around 72 grains.
This is one of the 1961 restrikes made from copy dies. The "chisel" marks on the reverse are one way to identify.
It does appear to be one of the common replicas. Does it have a casting seam around the edge?
This one is also a cast fake. There are literally tons of replicas of the Massachusetts coins out there.
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