and that nose. Remind you of anyone? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/mexique/693-original.jpg
Well, if the coin has any wear under the gold it's almost certainly not contemporary. There wouldn't have been time to accumulate wear, be plated,...
Happy FRIDAY all, my package of mystery has arrived... Now I need a book for the quarters AND to figure out some of the puns. And to be on the...
There is a reason the job/role of "Customs Broker" exists... If you are going to ship, say, USPS, you need to review the USPS mail manual section...
The same coin was sold in two different packaging options, and the label identifies which one after removing it from the OGP....
Generally, the progression for copper is RD to RB to BN. They are saying they can't guarantee the coin will regrade as RD or RB after that date...
https://www.numismaticnews.net/us-coins/coin-theft-suspects-caught Both stories are almost identical as if they are quoting a US Government press...
Founding of the Mexico City mint (1536-1572): http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan128937
Environmental damage, worth face
Ah yes, the "Crime of '73" where as a side-show most of the mint / treasury stocks of (as of the coinage act) non-current coins were melted to be...
Besides which, Why does gold have any intrinsic value? It's not like you eat it. At some point you have to convert it into a physical good other...
So let me get this straight. You are going to trust the Comptroller of Texas to physically hold your gold while you digitally spend it? The...
Probably the easiest to use is PCGS' coin facts. Their estimates are as good as anyone's guesses.
Mexico City actually. Mexico the country didn't exist yet. Some of the other Spanish Colonial mints are also complex arrangements of letters....
Long standing problem getting enough copper blanks. They ordered quantities from England because the mint's machinery wasn't up to the task. It...
Well, it was the line higher up in the article it was given.
If you just want to borrow the book, you might get lucky... https://www.worldcat.org/title/45283415 The last time I went looking for something,...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12842.html
Flaws are not errors. Just start from the assumption that most of what you are seeing is damage from circulation. Coins get little love during...
Nope... Philadelphia is the original mint. Except during WWII (to identify silver nickels) they did not mark their coins until 1980. The cents...
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