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Typo, left out the word seen, I've seen two of the sets.
All of them. If you were to put together a date set in MS for each of the denomination you can see several changes lowering the relief on each one.
No Great Britain beat us to it. They outlawed the slave trade (in Great Britain) in 1807 or 8 and outlawed slavery completely around 1826.
There are counterfeit coins available through Walmart, but they are sold by outside venders through their site not by Walmart itself.
Manual pin setting, this is probably still a little more advanced than what Inspector43 used. [MEDIA]
That is at the moment the only reference I know of on the contemporary counterfeit half pennys. (There is one on the Machins Mills coins, but this...
Plain edge not in collar, that makes it D&H 289f which is rated as scarce (289d & e are the common ones. 289, 289a & c are very rare, and 289b is...
Also the relief has to be lower since the striking speed is much faster. (went from 60-120 strikes per minute, .5 to 1 sec per coin, to 750...
Because troy oz are used for precious metals and copper isn't a precious metal....yet. :)
Looks like a punch press, not drilled.
Don't know what the Queen felt about it one way or the other, and she wouldn't have issued any coins. The power on the throne at the time was...
And if you don't KNOW what you are buying, don't do it. And that doesn't just go for coins and bullion.
Yes I saw an article awhile back where someone, i don't remember if it was a private individual or a museum, brought over for an exhibition a set...
Luster is created during the strike. If it is present, then the copper was not present, when the coin was struck. I the surface has corroded...
Yes a coin can be bent during the minting process, if the coin is struck significantly off-center and the collar springs are stiff so the collar...
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