They are now, but the Franklin Mint's 4 oz 20 balboas were done 50 years ago. There was nothing like them at the time, and pretty much nothing...
It was slabbed to establish the condition, and to hopefully preserve it in that condition. There is NEVER any guarantee that a coin will maintain...
Perfectly legal for a private mint to make coins, if they have a contract with a government to do so. The first US coin, the fugio cent, was made...
They do it for the people who collect coins by label, got to have MORE labels. It's probably been a week since they added a new one. :) Yes...
They felt they needed that. Even though not directly convertible the paper money still had some gold backing. Due to the depression the...
Look where Louisiana is. Half the state is in District 6 supplied by Philadelphia, and half is in District 11 supplied by Denver.
Out of focus but 99.9% chance it is damage.
Silver dollars were big soft heavy silver coins, and the Peace dollar has big flat open areas. Perfect combination for lots of bag marks.
You can with ANACS or ICG. Of course some people think the ONLY grading companies are PCGS and NGC. :)
I think if I was only going to get one I'd probably go with the Heritage book.
And Sumter was fired upon in 1861 after his 1860 campaign and after his inaugural. On the 1870 medal do we know that this was the actual medal...
Yes year and a half old thread, here are two links about the 21 first piece surrendered in 2018...
No that is a perfect explanation. The tolerance range for a clad quarter is +/- .227 grams. so a quarter could weigh as much as 5.897 grams and...
Forget ebay, contact the seller and ask why.
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The coin also has the typical weak rim on the drum seen on business strikes. Proof coins have the drum rim complete and sharp.
I have found that older, cheaper, scanners will do a better job scanning coins than newer more expensive ones do. The reason is probably because...
Then look at the coins and buy ones you think are nice and just ignore the label grades. Just because two coins have the same slab grade does not...
Same here. I was born old. As I put it I was born in the 60's and raised in the 30's. I like old movies and old time radio programs.
Not after his first presidential race. Before that images of him were always clean shaven.
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