There are a few ANS videos on the St. Patrick coinage on youtube. They are from the 2006 Coinage of the Americas conference so not exactly new...
@MIGuy you sir are a bad influence! I just went and bought one of the large size St. Pats that I had on my ebay watch list for some time!...
Yep, they were the only ones actually produced by the state, not on contract. The cost problem sounds like today!
I love the design on the Massachusetts half cents and cents. They were the first coins to actually have the cent designation.
Sorry, double post!
Posts on coins like this are too few, as opposed to the usual Morgan dollars or 1982 D small and large date cents, no offense to collectors of...
OK, I believe I have it, wow these are tough, there are a lot of different varieties of these! I come up with 1b.8 obverse [kneeling king side]...
I really like these, but have a grand total of one! I'd like to get one of the larger, or "halfpenny" size. They are called farthing and...
I've got three of these, and have considered doing the set. None of mine are as nice as this one of yours though!
Definitely not a huge success!
I watch him too, I always recommend him to people who want to watch you tube videos on coins.
Very nice coins here! I have one Nova Eborac and it is pretty "humble"!
So many intriguing stories with these coins! I got my first state copper around 50 years ago and they still fascinate me!
That is exactly how acid affects coins, the high points and low points are eroded equally and they retain the details. Do a search on this forum...
No, the zinc one is very common. The only rare one is the 1982 D small date copper.
I'd try putting it in evaporust, just to see what happens.
Most of the fakes we see, and easily recognize, are the cartoonish mass produced ones from China. Thanks for keeping us on our toes!
Most likely environmental damage as explained in this thread. To be sure, you can start your own thread and post pictures.
I think my next purchase will be a NJ 6-C. Not a terribly rare variety but an important one, the C reverse was also used for some rare pattern...
Colonial and state coinages are actually a good area to pick up very historic coins at decent prices. I regularly find R5 Connecticut coppers in...
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