What, you expect a TPG to be right ALL the time?? :)
By George I think he's got it!
It is kind of a strange situation. They are illegal to spend, selling them is questionable, but they are legal to hold...UNLESS a Treasury agent...
Die life for five cent is somewhere between 300K and 500K. And since all the dies come from the same master hub, if there was a misspelling ALL...
Correct. I'm not sure I would say gave, but the Dutch were driven out by 1690. Long before Dutch East Indies 1 duit "New York pennies" were ever...
Did they in 1970 when surveillance systems were much more expensive? As I recall they would have one camera covering the whole bank with...
They are still in US Mint rolls so they might bring a modest premium on eBay. Of course after fees and shipping you would be lucky to make a...
First year they used the P mintmark was 1942, and Philadelphia did make 5 cent pieces with and without the mintmark that year.
Check the weight as well, a rolled thin planchet can also create that effect.
Not too likely as those were made for use in the Dutch East Indies (the Indonesia area) on the other side of the world.
15 - 20 years ago Krause Publications was still owned by Chester Krause and had a much larger staff. Then KP was sold to F&W Press and staffing...
No they can't strike anymore now the 2018 is over. The question is do they have a stockpile of already struck pieces. They could be currently...
I think he has a Henning nickel, congratulations.
IF you can get your bank to order them directly from the Fed, that usually isn't too eazy. Many banks won't, most don't even know how (their...
I have seen one, member of one of the local clubs managed to purchase one after chasing them for years.
Yes the Italian coin is a true error and is valuable. Exactly how valuable I can't say. Result of the center piece not being down completely in...
Brief history of the P mintmark on US coins: 1. Before 1980 the ONLY US coins that had P mintmarks were the 35% silver warnickels from 1942 -...
It's a proof, it may have some toning which is dulling the fields, and photographing through the plastic of the 2X2 doesn't help.
Yes. West Point struck cents for circulation 1975 - 1986 and quarters 1976 - 1979.
There is supposed to be a planchet there , but sometimes the feeder malfunctions, or the hopper runs out, or the planchets jam up it the feeding...
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