I think this is a great topic! Personally, my favorite is the mintmark on the Walking Liberty half. It's a more discrete mark like the ones you...
That's a really interesting link - thanks for sharing! I may have done something like that once or twice before... :devil:
I wonder how much five cents worth of meat would look like in 1898.
Oops... Didn't see that the contest was over. My bad. :foot-mouth:
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I've found one silver quarter in circulation. ('64) And oddly enough, not while roll searching. I plucked it out of my friend's cup holder in...
I'm definitely a four-staple person. And like someone above mentioned, I crimp them shut with a pliers.
"Spring" has a different meaning for us Minnesotans. There is still a foot of snow on the ground here and a six foot icicle on the front of my...
I like the lime colored seal on the $10! They look to be fairly circulated to me, specifically looking at the small tears on the bottom of the...
That's a pretty decent looking coin! IHMO I would grade it somewhere around VF. The problem is, my Redbook jumps from F to XF with nothing in...
Yesterday I attended my monthly local coin show and bought my first Dansco album. I have been looking at Danscos online for a while now, but I'm...
I don't know enough about notes to be a reliable grader, so I can't help with that. But that is a nice looking note! :) It's funny how much more...
Hey, no problem! Welcome to CT, by the way! :welcome:
Well, to start off, it's 90% silver, so it's worth barely over $2 given the current silver price. As for the "mis stamped part," I think what...
That's very odd. Those scratches on Jefferson's face make me think PMD. And since there's no rim, I would take a guess that someone sanded it...
I am quite disturbed...
I would guess counterfeit. Compare the shape of Kennedy's nose and the curve of his chin. If the overall diameter is smaller and it still has...
This coin looks very fishy... It's noticeably smaller than the normal half you have next to it. Everything just looks wrong.
Thank's for the link! I'll head on over there and see what I can find. I feel you; story of my life. So much to collect, so little money......
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