I would say @mpcusa list is still applicable. What happens is when PM is "boring", premiums come down and I have had the chance to buy all three...
I seem to remember CoinAge with a picture of a 1913 on it if it helps. That was a monthly coin magazine back when CoinWorld was a weekly. Not...
I always hate competing auctions. What usually happens to me, since I worry about going over what I comfortably wish to spend, is I go light on...
I agree. I am trying to think back why the 6 coin slots were stuck in my mind clearly. Maybe the picture you have of the 8 coin slot holder with 2...
Thanks for your opinion. Did you mean the Faustina upper left or lower right? Like I said, I like the contrast, with lower right not technically...
So an auction closed yesterday. There were two things I really wanted, so of course did not get those, (got some others but not the prizes I was...
Yes, of course everyone can disagree or have different opinions. Maybe I should have said "greatest American who served as President". I view his...
Great thread and I agree is reflecting current scholarship and debates on the subject as I have followed in the numismatic press the last few...
I would have to agree with @-jeffB, Dahlonega and melt are never mentioned in the same breath, no matter the condition. I am afraid I have no idea...
Cool to find a Fugio at that price. Due to its tie with Ben Franklin, it was one of the few US coins I still had a itch to scratch. I picked up a...
I remembered that story quite clearly from a publication about 20-25 years ago concerning the "missing" fifth 1913, (before it was found), and why...
The mint had plenty of internal controls. Heck, PM coinage was delayed in 1793 due to employees unable to post the required bonds set forth in the...
Isn't there one in the cornerstone of the old mint. :) I thought I read that all 1870 coins were placed in the cornerstone when it was laid.
US mail actually used to be exactly how you shipped things like that. The Morgans shipped to smelters around 1918 were actually mailed there. It...
Agree. From what I read it's about when the coins were delivered to the coin counter, so legally distributed. That is what declares eagles legal...
I agree. Btw as an aside I believe it was one copper trial of the buffalo, since I thought I remember Col Green having a custom holder with six...
The mint always had to be prepared. 1907-1916 was kind of a mess, with approvals coming last second or last second not coming at all. I never...
Yeah, but my daughter is named Irene. It's the highest grade portrait of the empress Irene I have. :)
Why not have an addiction to old bronze? I love it, finding it much warmer than silver or gold coins.
Don't pay as much attention to busts, but can say I don't think I have ever seen a spread quadriga for him. I associate the type in my mind with...
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