Cheapest way possible is what makes economic sense these days.
UPS is a lot safer and more dependable IMO. I've had the USPS lose too many things - my USPS service gets worse all the time. Not long ago I had...
I guess (as usual) you can't trust anything you get on the internet! "Interestingly, the ONLY coins struck by the United States Mint in 1816 were...
Doing some searching it appears that the only coins struck by the US Mint in 1816 were Matron Head large cents?
Nice FE with a very nice overdate! I can't find anything quite like it for an 1858 in my big 700 page book of attributions and varieties by Rick Snow.
I assume you mean the rim on top of the wording "Brasil" (right side of obverse)? No idea how that could happen. No sign of it on the reverse.
Nice coins and congrats on completing the album!
I have the little Celestron, but something like this is nice:...
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Great looking Fugio Cents! I agree I got too technical LOL!
Darn - I missed that at the base of the 2!
Technically I don't consider the Pine Tree Shilling to be a "US" coin, since the USA didn't exist at that time. But I think it is the first coin...
No expert here, but I don't see any die cracks on the obverse. That squiggly line looks like damage from the reeded edge of another coin. That may...
Very nice!
"cost to produce the copper-plated Lincoln cent is 2.41 cents, while that for the copper-nickel Jefferson 5-cent coin is 11.18 cents." I hate to...
For a partial refund of $50 and getting to keep the coin, I would have done the same. It's still a nice coin IMO.
I'll second your opinion that it may be under the zinc plating. Based on the closeup I still think it was on the original planchet, as part of it...
I have over 29,000 posts in an unrelated forum. Does that make me an expert on that area - absolutely not! I'm always the first to admit that I'm...
Any chance of getting an enlarged photo of that raised section?
I've been collecting the Indian Cent varieties/attributions lately. My latest acquisition was an 1891 overpunched date - Snow 3:
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