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One of my favorite designs: [ATTACH] But modern mints have gone away from hand engraving and high relief coins. They want to produce coins that...
I agree with you in general, but the 1988 ironworks dollar was a nice looking coin.
I received mine yesterday. Thank you! I will probably open it before Christmas because I suck at waiting.
I wouldn't be surprised to see it in an MS60/61 slab.
I believe it was done to honor Kennedy by not debasing his coin, as his assassination was still relatively recent in 1965.
Why would you ever not buy silver halves at face? Someone is offering me $5 bills for 50 cents a piece... should I do it?
An error is an occurrence of something going wrong in the manufacturing of a specific coin. Something like a filled D is a characteristic passed...
Interesting. The obverse is clearly referring to Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (Coronation 1530). The reverse is dated 1730 and seems to be...
Without a doubt the Nuremburg jeton. Lovely composition and patina. PCGS will slab just about any medal. The real question is if they will be...
Nice examples. Is this type of error rare enough to warrant slabbing my example, or does more of the design or date need to be showing?
Very interesting. Thanks. That makes sense.
I picked up this extremely off-center nickel recently. For those more knowledgeable with this type of error than I am, what's going on on the...
I agree it's unlikely. With some series you can identify a die with the *right* area that small though. If the die was only in use for one year,...
I'm not a merc expert, but are there any die markers on the small bit showing that could have been used to date the coin?
Yep I've got one of this type in my hammer and anvil topical set.
Aside from the trade dollar, I would also note that the coinage act of 1857 effectively demonetized foreign coins as being legal tender in the US....
I would say "monetary authority" rather than government. There are many examples of coinage minted by rebels that have seized mints. Those are...
POW/emergency issue tokens are government issue and have denominations. They are legal to spend within specific jurisdictions. So those tokens are...
Your definition is somewhat lacking. Many types of tokens have denominations and can be spent within specific jurisdictions. What about when coins...
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