I have the first edition, never got around to getting the second.
There are quite a few interesting ones out there. One I like is the 1872 DDR variety 105. Has the largest spread on any US doubled die. It is a...
Well the credit score points have to come from somewhere.
Kentucky and paddyman have it.
He is right they did have testing with various alloys/compositions leading up to the changeover to clad. As for the analyzed quarter, sounds like...
I hope he did a better job than the guy who did this one. It would be a much more convincing job if he had put the quarter in the lathe and...
That 1799 should have a denomination on it, it's on the edge "Hundred cents cents one dollar or unit" Until 1804 the only US coins that had...
Let's see it.
Because the smelters/refiners had customers needing 999 fine silver and the smelters need scrap material to refine, so they tend to pay more than...
This is not the first time this has been suggested. Back when the debt was around 13 trillion it was suggested to mint several trillion dollar...
The images of the old coins are probably taken from original coins. I know British coins of this era sometimes come with different letters used...
For the REAL rarity, they also had a copper framed double set that had two of each coin to display both sides of each coin. Those were $400 each....
Those look like depressions in the coin. Die rust would cause raised areas on the coin. Rust on the die spalls away leaving pits in the die and...
I belong to five local clubs and all of them have cancelled their meeting until at least May.
This is why you snipe at the end and don't post your max bid early.
If you are leaning toward EAC material I would definitely recommend Goldberg auction. They frequently have nice copper material. I like the EAC...
I think it has been plated. The OP coin does have some shine to it but it doesn't appear to be mint luster. Because pure nickel is one of the...
Yes it can. I have seen copper proof cents still in OGP that have toned silver, and when I carried a Sac dollar as a pocket piece it first turned...
See post #2.
Since the Zack book came out it took a lot of pressure off the early dime book and has allowed the cost to come down. Before Zack's book was...
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