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Yes, do.
Crusader States (Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus): silver gros petit of Henry II, ca. 1285-1324 Ex-CNG, 2019, Ex-J. Schulman, Amsterdam, 1939. [IMG]...
I didn’t consider that. Yeah, the steps would be more “smooshy” on a business strike, wouldn’t they.
Exactly. Detectorists are familiar with that look. Here is a legitimate missing clad layer on a 2001-P dime I once had. The obverse got struck...
What are you "?" about, @SensibleSal66? The coin toss comment? Go back to the Numista link and take a look at the Churchill crown again.
Random side note: with a Churchill crown, you can win a coin toss every time, as long as you call "heads!" while the coin is still in the air. ;)
Discolored, environmental damage. Did some time in the dirt, I think.
If you corrected the orientation of the reverse image correctly (thank you), it would appear that there may be some lettering above the "temple"...
@JayAg47 will be getting an Eisenhower dollar for his also-correct answer. As an Australian, he was less impressed at the prospect of a Churchill...
Because that was his whole bulldoggish look. The guy did help beat Hitler, after all, and they were going it alone for a while before the US and...
@expat- the 100-coin lot of Churchill crowns I bought are coming in the mail, so I have to wait for them to arrive just yet. I'll pick you the...
And this is the right answer. Sir Winston Churchill is the answer I was looking for. @expat wins an Uncirculated 1965 Great Britain "Churchill"...
There will be a LOT of new coins added to that swapstock list, hopefully by the time the drawing rolls around in early December. I just got a...
Paragraphs, man! Paragraphs! Break your text up into smaller bite-sized chunks, like I did with your earlier post, so you don't scare off all...
I tend to agree. While I don't do much if anything with modern bullion issues like this, I do know they tend to be heavily hyped. Aside from the...
Yes, that's generally what an "impaired proof" is. Again, I can't tell from the images. It's possible. Both proof and business strike 1964...
The next regular monthly "pick your prize" giveaway (#48) is up now, and there is a new instant giveaway (#49), as well. The instant ones...
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