Tangential regarding the widespread use of the symbol, this is a giant statue of Guanyin in Chiang Rai, Thailand. You can go up inside and find a...
The swastika symbol was historically used by many Native American tribes, particularly Hopi and Navajo, and was popularized in the tourist trade...
If one edge is fully inside the collar die and the other edge partly outside the collar die, I don't understand how the coin doesn't end up bent....
My grandfather's parents also came from Czechoslovakia. Maybe we're distant cousins. Interesting selection of coins here, thanks.
Agreed.
You're going to have to refresh my memory on this. I'm not a Mercury dime guy so I must have looked something up? Or you misremembered me instead...
I'm ~60 miles from the Denver mint and it's always around May before I see any current year coins in change. This year I think I've only seen one...
"of extreme and utter rarity of the greatest rarity" - stay in school, kids. Their other listings are a hoot.
Very informative thread. I had no idea TPGs were still designating "so-called dollars" all the way to the present time. I thought it was an...
I've run into a few places since that law (or lawsuit?) that either give a % discount for cash, or charge an extra % for cc. But they are pretty...
It's very dark on the reverse opposite the silvery area. Not sure if that means anything.
I bought beer today and the owner manning the cash register cracked open a roll of Loomis cents to give me change. I noted two or three more rolls...
By emulating the US mint, I meant that they appear to have a special arrangement with APMEX as a dealer, same as how the US mint has a list of...
Heritage no longer does the fluffy descriptions for most of the lower end coins. Something like this key date 1948 Canadian dollar currently $3720...
One thought would be do an ANACS 10 coins for $140 special and then if any of them get 63 or 64 you'd have a good shot at getting 64 or 65 at PCGS...
I think you (and everyone) needs to keep in mind when looking for doubled dies in pocket change that the mint started using single-press hubbing...
Emulating the US mint?
Oink oink.
I held my nose when it went from 15% to 20% with a $29 minimum. At 22% the stench will probably be too much for me. If anything I'll just drop my...
Like I said, you were technically correct but there are frames of Armstrong from videos that you could have printed or saved as a photo. Seems...
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