Damaged coins cannot be graded, assigned a grade number. Instead, they are judged by the amount of detail on the coin and labeled like this - VF...
Well, we're talking about coins, not the various things used as money. And to me, for something to be considered as being a coin in early history,...
I'll be there, looking forward to meeting those I have not had the chance to meet yet. If anybody wants to find me, just look for the guy wearing...
No, it couldn't. The Potosi mint mark is quite simple, a P, a T, and an S, superimposed over one another. All of the Spanish colonial mints used a...
Let's see if I can get those grey cells spinnin around. Tell me what you see in the circled areas in the following pictures. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And if it does what does that tell us ? Better yet, what does it tell you if it doesn't ?
I didn't vote because I have no idea what they graded it Paul. It could be anywhere from what I think it should be graded, 58, to 65. If I had a...
Well, when you consider that the Chinese were advanced enough that they had already gotten around to inventing the note, paper money if you will,...
Yeah, I knew all of that Paul. And no, I didn't forget anything. edit - and I specifically said - my grade.
I don't think there is any doubt that the Chinese were the first inventors of coins. Or that they were the first coin collectors. But it is still...
Uhhhhh no, I'd never take credit for naming the dollar sign :smile I will take credit for the theory that the symbol adopted to be used for the...
They used to, but they don't anymore. And haven't for years. Cladking can correct me if my memory is off, but I'm thinking it was '93 when the...
The coin is damaged, and as such would be worth less than a problem free example. I would guess it to be worth somewhere around $700.
Gonna getcha for that ! :D
That is a commonly held theory, but a theory I believe to be incorrect. This is what I believe is the true origin of the dollar sign - $. And it's...
That depends on who you are buying them from. If it is a known and trusted dealer, or individual, then you should have no worries. If it is not, I...
Ya know, I used to expect that I would live long enough to see the day that when a thread like this was posted the question would just be guess...
What a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of coins of the times, besides Morgans, were minted in the same manner as the Morgans. It was...
Chris - coin collecting has truly been with us for a long, long, long, time. And yes it is documented. There are a great many books and papers...
Actually it might be AT, but it is very well done if it is. But neither you, nor me, nor anybody else, can ever say with any degree of certainty...
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