Well, maybe if I find a 1793 Liberty Cap and a 1799 Draped bust metal detecting, I'll spring for the 1804!
I've stalled out with 6 to go in my large cent set. I think three more are obtainable, then I think it is over!
Heat causes the outer clad layer to separate and bubble up.
Definitely post pictures, but don't get your hopes up! There is one original and thousands of reproductions. You can first take a look at the...
It doesn't seem nearly large enough to be a Continental Dollar, will be interesting. Good luck!
Very nice, I have a very similar accumulation, but none of mine are slabbed. I am quite fond of the earlier issues and have a fair collection of...
I don't have one but have known about them for years. They at least used to be pretty well known, along with the "opium" Trade dollars.
It does resemble that, but I don't see how it would hit the entire rim and not damage the high points on Roosevelt. Is the reverse normal?
Not unusual, it is supposed to stick to a magnet!
Steel cents should weigh around 2.7. If the scales are correct then it is a little on the heavy side. Most likely a slightly thick planchet.
Very interesting. It seems the the most important quality of a candidate during this period was not his qualifications, but who would offend the...
Is there corresponding damage on the reverse?
No, sorry to say, there is absolutely no twisting motion when a coin is struck. The dies are fixed and do not move in relation to each other....
I love the three cent nickel series, those tough ones always scare me away though, well done!
I've dug quite a few live ones, but I live in a rural area with a lot of hunting.
Diameter measurement will tell the caliber, but it appears to be a lead pistol or revolver bullet. Maybe a .32 or .38 bullet, this would be from...
That's for the .58 caliber minie balls. This looks like a much smaller solid bullet, not a hollow base minie.
That is a close AM, it has all the attributes, The A in states is not centered, M in America closer to the A than the E, and FG spaced farther...
Fascinating man for sure, he went from abject failure, selling firewood to try and feed his family, to President of the US in less than a decade.
I think I have one of those Philadelphia parade medals but didn't know the history, thanks! Now I'll have to dig it out!
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