Every coin submitted gets a cert# it's needed for tracking purposes
They CAN prove the $10M 1794 dollar was one of the first struck. What they can't prove is that it was THE first one struck. They know it was one...
Not a package but I know the record for a piece of mail being lost and then later delivered is over 100 years. And like rick said every so often...
And if it was a saddle strike on a previously struck cent it would only be a double strike not a triple. The two images of a saddle strike are...
If it is lead solder the comments about the low melting point and the use of desoldering copper wick or a suction tool to remove most of the...
The last genuine 1804 turned up in England in 1962. It was not just the 1804 dollar but almost the entire set given to the King of Siam.
J-676 is also struck in pure nickel so it would be magnetic too.
"I found these real old silver dollars among my grandmothers stuff. What are they worth? I cleaned them up real nice so they would look better."
The Rare Tim book of Double Dies! (The lack of a d at the end of double was intentional :) )
I believe the law was changed in 1896, pattern coins after that date are not legal to own but the the law is typically ignored. If it wasn't all...
You're saying the second picture in post #5 was taken on your carpet? The image quality is miles better than any of your other images.
That shell was from the Nov 2004 to early 2008 period I believe. The coin was probably slabbed toward the end of that period and I believe before...
Have you noticed that boycotts are rarely ever successful?
Doesn't change the fact that Liberty's proportions are all wrong. Makes you wonder why they let it go so far without correcting that.
Does make you wonder how a one of two struck pattern like that acquired the bad contact marks. (And how did the 1849 double eagle in the...
I don't collect hem but there is someone in one of the local coin clubs here that collects them.
Those were the "rejects", the "good ones" the 70's were elsewhere set aside for special higher prices. Mr Bellman, you say that the ANA has told...
Possible failing of the chrome plating on the dies.
Weird looking coin. Body, head, and arm proportions are all out of whack.
Evan deserves a bonus.
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