I don't metal detect but it seems like there are a lot of late 1800s homes, farms etc where you might get lucky. My first house in CO was built in...
Thanks, I had never seen that before. All I could think of was West Point. Apparently it was short-lived: NGC to Discontinue W Designation...
Your overlays are useful. I think the obverse overlay might be better if you showed the denticles. For me it's easier to see the difference in the...
Thanks. I thought I had read somewhere that someone misinterpreted the law as requiring that the design be changed after 25 years, but perhaps it...
I thought it was because they interpreted the law as requiring a new design every 25 years.
What does the "W" in the grade mean?
I'll update in case anyone down the road is interested. There were definitely two die pairs that produced the 1900-S "reverse of 1899" anomaly....
I don't see anything that rules out die pair #1. We don't have much to go on since the position of 1 in the date relative to denticles is...
You can make a ring out of a coin by spooning it. There are videos showing the process. I think prisoners also did it - there is a short scene in...
I think the thick dime has been "spooned." The two Netherlands coins are .640 silver so there's a little bit of value there.
Did you find the half and the Mercury dimes in the same location? It made me curious if the same person might have dropped them all.
An interesting tidbit on one of those displays is that Philadelphia sent them their reject dies. That seems mean.
100% authentic in my view. Here it is next to a PCGS FR02. Same position, same dark spot from the lower loop of S. [ATTACH]
Last week, this one. [ATTACH] 50 years ago, these. [ATTACH]
This listing says "Once believed to be an 1869/68", so Heritage at least seems to indicate that it was a myth....
If you're including medals, you could get one that has actually been to the moon....
Not sure if I agree with that. When I worked at an ice cream parlor in high school, circa 1975, I pulled probably 50 Kennedy halves from...
Posted already in the newest acquisitions thread, but why not start a separate topic? My normal change at the beer store is six cents. I didn't...
The 1833 looks UNC Details Cleaned to me. Maybe a case for their "guarantee." Still, a nice coin. The 1824 though, wow.
Wow, I just got this in change! I could tell it had been around a while but I'm used to seeing a few 50s and 60s nickels in change. I flipped it...
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