Should have lettered it, would have made it more convincing.
Most likely one of the plated cents (and their name is Legion) that are out there.
The law makes all patterns after 1896 strictly government property and illegal to own. But there are a fair number of them out there in the...
Die cracks not die breaks.
I think more like smallpox. [IMG]
I believe you mean the rim not collar. The collar is a heavy piece of steel that is the third die in the press and it creates the edge of the...
Which isn't too much of a problem unless you are collecting proofs. There are only 9 varieties in the whole series and only two years have more...
From the drawdown rate from that Federal Reserve graph, they have about a 27 year stockpile.
Does this suggest that there may only be two W mint quarter designs this year? (I'm sure they will find the time and capacity) Here we go more...
Well the 2019's were "New and different! Something never done before!" the 2020's are "Again?".
The bad thing is some sucker somewhere will buy it as the real thing. Any idea if they lettered the edge of the planchet before they struck it?
Basketball or sneakers?
Here's one. I tend to like these, paper money issued for a leper colony. This one isn't mine, but I do have a full set of this currency. [IMG] [IMG]
Yes beautiful coin, but completely impractical.
The listing for the 1836 half cent is good too, $59.00 buy it now for a proof only date. I agree the rev is based on 26 C-1, and the obv is based...
His policies toward the gold coinage were good, it was his policies toward the Bank of the United States and the moving of Treasury funds into...
Almost certainly a pocket piece, the New Haven restrikes were struck much too late to have realistically have been used in circulation, around 1859.
The free coinage of silver ended with the act of 1853 which made the silver coinage subsidiary. The Act of 1873 actually partially restored the...
True, but the collectors aren't that interested, and the coins are made for circulation so they are pretty much a flop as a coin or a "collectible".
They were NOT NIFC coins. All the territories quarters were released for circulation.
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