In researching the history of the Flying Eagle cent, I came across these entries: "The new cent was issued in exchange for the worn Spanish...
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In the Wikipedia entry for the Flying Eagle Cent, it is quoted from the Snow book * that: "An ear of corn is also visible." Is Snow talking about...
According to about.com, there are three (3) theories as to why designers incorporated denticles on their coins: Artistic License It is most...
yeah, what paddyman said. I did this before with a cardboard box (couldn't find a glass jar... d'oh!). It took a while shaking it in a circular...
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My bank is having a tough time getting my halves for me... had to resort to my secondary a few times this month. My 3rd bank never has anything...
I love the detail on the feathers... I'm (unfortunately) a sucker for problem coins... ;-)
@Mad Stax, I think it has to do with how many other people in your area are checking them... I've been looking for a few years and have only ever...
@Insider, I agree that it would not be useful for identification of denomination. It is simply another metric that some people (visually-impaired...
Now you need to make a few dozen TV episodes about the millions of dollars you spent looking for it... and make sure you d-r-a-a-a-a-a-g it out......
Helping Seattlite86 with a project
I was counting the denticles on an 1859 Indian Head cent (the main photo from Wikipedia... link here. The obverse has (unless I'm counting...
I dunno. Found these. First link says it's worth $500 or more... http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/cool-serial-numbers-worth-more/...
Someone really had it in for George... [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Yeah, I saw that. Wasn't going to point it out. Thanks for the heads-up, though. Edit: I pointed him to this thread. I suggested he return it if...
Yeah, @old49er brings up a good point. Do we have to attribute the facts we find?
"What if Silver becomes worthless and Gold..." ... and gold what? Also becomes worthless? Or is that an incomplete thought?
I returned it back in July. Then just now, I saw it listed by another seller on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/282291625505 First time I've...
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