I have been collecting Confederate currency, mostly by the type or "T" numbers for a few years. I'm down the "Big 6" which are the rarest and most...
You can have some fun with this one. The variety number is OH 910-aA-1a. The variety is listed with the unusual "aA" because it was added to the...
Many people are not as well informed or savvy as you might think. All they know is that “It’s hard money,” even if it doesn’t melt for the value...
So long as people have confidence in the paper money in circulation, they won’t convert to silver or gold. The silver dollar is a heavy,...
Some computer auctions are run this way when there are bids at the end. As the clock starts counting down, it gets extended if there is another...
@KBBPLL, given need to back the paper in circulation explains the rush to make millions of silver dollars in 1921.
I was keeping up the modern commemoratives for a long time. I have all of the four and six piece wood box sets. I even bought the huge Atlanta...
1745 George II "Lima" sixpence. The "Lima" part is attributed to England bragging about the silver they took by force from the Spanish Empire....
Early copper collectors are very big into die breaks. They trace them and classify them as die states. I am not a big fan of this. When there...
During the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the silver mine owners made a fortune. The government bought up their excess product...
Yes, I've lost track of the quarter varieties since the State Quarter series ended. I was really interested in the State Quarters. The territories...
The commemorative half dollars used to be priced so that YNs could afford them. The mint even marketed them in educational cards which allowed the...
PCV damage is not organic. It does not spread like a cancer. It is confined to where the chemicals are.
At $31 an ounce for silver times 1.5 equals $46.50. Add to that $15 for the base metal coins and striking costs, you have $61.50. Call it $70....
It really get me that the mint has raised the price of the silver Proof set from $130 to $150 because of the price of silver. I have had trouble...
I have wondered about this situation also. Some of it make no sense to me, but here's what I know of the history, in a "Readers' Digest" version....
Good luck finding something that is strictly a U.S. coin to link up with 1787. I can't think of anything. I'll jump the gun with a Bank of New...
It looks like it may have been cleaned. Even if it doesn't get a straight grade, it's worth getting certified. The mintage was a bit under...
From what I have read, and this was years ago, there was an old guy at the mint who claimed he'd found a way to make dies faster. That might well...
Here is an example HTT - 24, Low - 60 and DeWhitt CE 1838-18. It is slightly scarce. It's one of those pieces you will now and then but not a...
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