Mine is not only chop marked, but harshly cleaned. Still, it's history. Here also is my 1 reale and my 1/2 reale, both less than wonderful, but,...
Although, re-reading the original post, it seems at least someone in the family is the would-be seller, so I guess not.
It might also have extra value to the family of the one who originally received it. I can't quite make out the name from the photo.
MS64 at best. There are marks on and above the word TRUST and above 19 as well as a lot of chatter on the reverse from the word HALF to...
When I was working in a bank in Alabama in the 1960s, we'd frequently get $2 bills with one or more, sometimes 4 corners torn off. We'd have to...
Wikipedia has an interesting article about platinum coins. According to their article, in the early Spanish American colonies cheap platinum was...
Broas Pie Baker [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Our Army [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
No expert here, but it sure looks like close AM to me.
West Germany, 1951 G 5 mark[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The short-lived Kingdom of Westphalia, 1810, under King Jerome Napoleon (Napoleon Bonepart's brother) (Die clashes on obverse, just to be a bit...
Looks to me (no expert) more like environmental staining than alloy problems.
Clearly machine doubling, which is also seen in the lettering in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and DOLLAR.
Reminds me of Revelation 10:2.
I know almost nothing about the current market for such things, but I do know that finding sequential star notes is not that rare, or at least was...
I always feel that I am ultimately a custodian for such history, not its owner with the right of destruction just to make me feel "awesome," no...
Montgomery, Alabama bus token, roughly the time Rosa Parks would have used one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I don't know anything about this one from Lousiton Idaho, but I like it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Nic-a-date solution is best in my opinion. I think you could get a date from that one. The advantage over the vinegar solution is that it...
While it may very well be, I'm not 100% convinced it is pareidolia, but certainly neither is it from the mint that way. If someone were playing...
I've read there are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand and those who don't. :)
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