That's a good deal for Conserving a coin
Thanks for the correction. Wishful thinking on my part ;)
Fortunately Postmaster Louis De Joy will be given the boot after Jan. 20th. Good riddance, that man caused so many problems in the Postal Service.
USA Coin Book is a tiny site, eBay is far better.
The reverse is very dark toned and would look much better if it was correctly conserved (lightly cleaned). Big difference between lightly cleaned...
Leather or cloth coin purses were commonly used by most people back then. They didn't just put a 10 Dollar Gold coin in their pocket loose to mix...
The colored paper inserts are the same as the white paper inserts only colored paper instead of the usual white
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I was hoping to find blue paper inserts, I like the way a blue background looks with silver coins. I remember at a coin show a seller had coins...
Thanks for the link but I was looking for colored paper inserts, like blue
Does anybody know where I can find colored paper inserts for 2x2 flips.
And for those with deep pockets gold coins from each country are always magnificent
That's eBay, sometimes I will lose a coin by less than a dollar and sometimes I win one by less than a dollar. I don't mind as long as I'm not...
I agree with the others about silver crowns. They are large, around 25 grams and most European countries used them. And silver is always nice ;).
You will learn a lot about restoring coins. By a gallon of Acetone from the hardware store for the silver coins and xylene for the copper coins....
Love this rare and expensive coin. Back then there were two monetary systems used in the same Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Sicily had their own...
My coin purchases are almost all from eBay.
Thanks for the great links.
Beautiful gold coin. King Ferdinando was a young pup when that coin was minted in Naples, around 12 years old. He would grow up to be a powerful...
That's amazing, back then did you ever see the large pre-1929 dollar bills still around. They would have only been 30 years out of circulation.
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