I see no point in continuing. You have all the varnish off of it. The mottled appearance it now has is because of the differences in exposure of...
Scientific American, Readers Digest, Mother Earth News, The Numismatist, World Coin News. And for club publications, Penny Wise, The Gobrect...
DON'T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS!!! :D
My feeling are the same as Sealgair's. The original hobo nickels to me are and entirely different art form. I truly wish they would not call...
Silver will kill bacteria, I'm not so sure about viruses.
Sounds like a good deal to me. Even if the coins are nothing he has 200 slab shells at 40 cents apiece. Retail tends to be around $1 each. So...
I remember back when they used to be under $28. :) Of course back then the bullion coins were about $8 each.
Newcomb was OK for it's time, and the reprints after I think 1982 are better (there were earlier reprints) because the earlier editions didn't...
Impossible to say what they have without pictures and the weight of the coin, preferably to two decimal places.
Actually the word is correct, either contact or contract is acceptable. But the alternate definition was just irresistible. If you had used...
There you go, right from the author. Just be warned specialized references are not cheap. But they are worth every penny. (I have two copies of...
No he says they are brass. No tin.
How much was the contract for? :)
Nickel plated and it was once soldered to something. Legend seems to be fine to me.
And preferably right side up.
I would call it a variety as I would expect it to be on every coin from that particular die.
Not so much errors but varieties, which back then were lumped together with errors, early to mid 1960's. That was when the 1938 D/S nickels was...
lowle, you really need to post that withthe photo not as closely cropped soe people can "enjoy" the edges of this slab.
Have been on LiveAuctioneers, but I have seen it done on Ebay.
Were you on ebay or etsy? BIG difference.
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