The detail is a bit hard to make out, especially on the reverse (?). Those looks like some Scythian coins I've seen (contemporary to the late...
Hmmm... the "War of the Ragamuffins" may also have been the trigger event. The economic factors that caused it (low import tariffs on salted beef...
I was curious about why Brazil devalued the currency in 1835 and came across some very interesting history of the Empire of Brazil. First off, the...
Shouldn't the Denver, San Francisco, and Carson City mint museums be on there? I'm not sure if New Orleands, Dahlgreen, West Point, or Manila have...
And, while I generally stick to the forums here, it looks like this topic has been discussed in some detail on the 'dark side' at:...
Edited my previous posts: looks like 20 reis coins were 'created' out of 40 reis, and 40 reis countermarked on 80 reis. So, this was about...
I would be in favor of introducing a $2 and $5 coin. But, I don't think adoption would occur unless the Fed/Bureau of Engraving stopped producing...
Agreed. I think the wording is to allow the mint wiggle room. If the .999 silver proof sets are a flop, they can go back to making .900 silver...
It seems as if the date of the host coin may have been deliberately defaced on a number of these. I wonder if that's just due to honest wear (the...
I'm a bit unclear on the history behind these - was there a currency devaluation in the 19th century that led to rampant counterstamping? Did the...
I recently purchased a group of Brazilian counterstamped coins. I've always wanted to have some 'official' counterstamps, and the price for these...
Are you doing type examples, or one from each mint and year? Some of the series dragged on and on...
Welcome to the forums, btw. If you have a scanner, you might want to scan the quarter. Even in badly worn condition, there are some telltale...
This is one of the reasons I started a thread about the US Assay Commission. Would you be more comfortable with the proposal if the mint new that...
I would be much more comfortable with his 'creations' if he edge stamped them or put some other identification device. At some point down the...
I'll go in with $281... good luck everyone (at getting the 2nd closest guess)!
The Assay Commission was abolished in 1980; a time when the US was no longer minting circulating silver and hadn't started to mint bullion (aside...
What I'd like to see is one of the 1951 2-wave varieties. Anyone here happen to have one?
Sounds like she may have been using an older coin book as her pricing basis. Silver has thrown a lot of those values wildly out of whack. As for...
Dealers often have asymmetrical knowledge about the coins that they are selling. After all, they have time to pull out reference books, go online,...
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