Wonder if this one is at the Newman Numismatic Library online?
Yeah, I'd have to say Chile. The feather details of that engraving are interesting to me.
This might be a long shot. But are there market statistics that give some insight into which countries, by percentage, make up the majority of...
It was probably minted in Korea, though. I know the Koreans won a contract to mint these around this time. Not sure when that contract began,...
What do you mean? Is it up for bid again? EDIT: Oh, yeah! Here it is:...
I can sympathize... Forget about the negative people at school. If your experience will be anything like mine was, after you leave school, you...
The ANA is the main coin collector organization in the United States. The ANA was "formed to advance the knowledge of numismatics (the study of...
Primordial urge. Like salmon swimming upstream...
There's a sad reason why people in prison may do dumb things like that. I've heard that corrections authorities use their state departments of...
65% Cu, 35% Zn. The date is 2000.
Why would corrosion appear like this on a coin? Might it be the way the metal is composed that makes this "stripe" pattern? [ATTACH]
I think the drugs explains it all. ...a 20-year old with his whole life ahead of him like a dark thundercloud. Hopefully he can turn it around.
Yeah, but not really these older coins. Not yet. I don't trust my own ability to detect counterfeits with these coins. That's why I don't...
Aw, SNAP! Yeah, that's it! You sure that isn't like a real "S" mintmark of some sort??
I'd like to take the Pepsi Challenge on your assertion there. I live in Minnesota. Where are you? Hopefully somewhere significantly far enough...
...Still waiting for someone to come along and show us where that dang "clearly-defined S Mintmark" is on this coin...
Fine. Return it. Oh, but the seller will "never receive" the return, either, will he? And the four dollars in shipping is the best part of that...
From the listing: "Keep in mind that the 1st origin of this “Extradnatory -and- Incredible” specimen has a long story and a long journey to be...
Beat me to it.
I hadn't notice your signature, "5th in the Ed Wood School of Grading!" Wasn't Ed Wood the same person as "Detecto?" Remember him? They were so...
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