That one seemed easy especially right across the monument.
Hurry-up = Rush More?
The printed BCCS journal is still quarterly, 4 issues a year. Nothing after 2015 is available online. You may be able to purchase back issues, not...
I wonder what happens if you soak it in liquid nitrogen and then smash it with a hammer?
The choice of omega is funny, considering that was the mark of a famous counterfeiter.
Here comes the 2026 cents from Dan Carr. :)
As far as I know, in the history of US numismatics literally no one has cared about the last coin minted. But since the mint apparently made a big...
I'm confused. Four years later you're back with a new user name to brag about how much you think a coin that you gave away is worth? One that...
I bought these around 1971-72 with lawn mowing money ($5 for 1 acre sized lawns). Everything was graded and sold this way - 2x2, letter grades....
Likely. I think he trained there before shipping out to Germany. I recall a story about how they accidentally put a dummy shell through a German...
Sorry for the delay, I missed your reply. My CPG five are in post #7 on this thread. I think CPG then wanted it trimmed to 3 or 4. I wrote up and...
Veterans in my family (in the US) go back to the French and Indian War and probably if there was one before that (my war history is weak). Here is...
Wheat cents ceased production 66 years ago. I don’t see how ceasing production of the zinc junk affects wheat cents much.
So you lost more early dimes and half dimes than I have? First world problems. :)
I'm guessing John's point is that it looks nothing like the color "red."
I looked more closely at the obverse. Was the die shattered around the eye? There seem to be cracks going three directions from the eye; one goes...
The downside to that is when a coin is undergraded (or overgraded from a buyer's perspective). But it is what it is. "Price guide value" is also...
I own exactly 16 coins that I've submitted myself, to ANACS. More to preserve/conserve grandpa's coins than anything.
Your last pic seems to show some deep gouges above the ribbon hiding in all that toning or whatever it is, so I'm guessing XF Details.
My impression is that it's solder from when it was used for a button or attached to a pin or clasp. The black stuff has the appearance to me of...
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