I forgot to include the link to the Osburn/Cushing book so you can read a bit more of what they have to say on the 1873-S....
I think your 1873-S is almost certainly a counterfeit. Osburne and Cushing cannot be certain that none exist but the reports that the mint struck...
I make it as a nice AU-55. There is some wear at the hair, above eagle's eye and rubs on the beak and wingtip tops. A few small ticks keep it...
I know a man who works for the coin sorting house that receives these deliveries and then packages them up for disbursement to banks. He has...
@Conder101, thanks for posting that link. I try to follow Jack Young's trips to the "Dark Side" but I don't seem to catch them all.
@Martha Lynn; The answer is yes.
Super Clash! Wasn't that a heavy metal band in the '80s?
What was the weight and diameter of your coin? I couldn't find an authoritative reference for the weight and diameter of the 1787 Ryder 4-C...
No, Parthicus' coin is a Massachusetts cent, not a half-cent. Therefore it does not even figure into this discussion of the OP's coin. However,...
Does this qualify as a woodie? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Parthicus, I think the coin you've shown is a cent, not a half-cent. There was only one obverse die and two reverse dies for the 1788 half-cent...
@AirborneReams, you might want to check out the designated area of the reverse shown below. See if you can determine if the odd look of this...
You won't have any trouble finding one. Found ten of these in safety deposit box after Mom passed last April. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I am not an expert on the series but I have been studying the Mass half-cents and cents preparatory to bidding on some. I cannot say with...
Thanks.
I don't intend to hi-jack this thread but is the annual pumpkin-launching contest using full-size trebuchets still being held?
I'll offer several and you can choose which you think is the earliest "American" coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That is what the President did initially when he made the recess appointment of Voight to the post of Chief Coiner. But since bond had not been...
That is why I went with 1-1/2", at most 2" 3-ring binders. The D-rings work better than the O-rings for several reasons not least of which is...
Yes, Attorney General Edmund Randolph opined to the President that the temporary appointment of Voight to the post of Chief Coiner under the Act...
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