Lower relief means the dies last longer. Saves the mint money in the long run.
Today, in impulse bids: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Saw this one about a minute before it ended, thought the wood grain (maybe zebra stripes are a better...
I love Swiss silver, but I don't often find the 2 Francs at good prices. Got this one the other day: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The East German 20 pfennig was created partly for use in payphones. The smaller aluminum denominations would sometimes jam in the phones, so the...
Four new countries for the OFEC today. Liberia [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Pakistan [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Rwanda [ATTACH] [ATTACH] United Arab...
Top left is 1970, top right is 1984, bottom left is a piedfort (double thickness) proof, and bottom right is 1967.
They were made in silver until 1968.
I've always wanted a nice Merc. Had a decent amount of ebay bucks last quarter so I used it on this: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Besides a couple modern...
I highly doubt that. The mintages on some of the Lincoln memorials and even a few wheats are so incredibly high that even if you melted 99% of the...
I'm assuming you're talking about 1936? They were minted in 1937 before the George VI dies arrived, but were never released to circulation. Less...
There are several off-metal errors from when they were using both zinc and steel, and marking the steel ones. The 2006 Magnetic and 2006-P...
I've never seen a pure nickel coin with toning of any sort. I'm surprised the bronzes haven't toned, though. Nice coins!
Two more for the OFEC set: Botswana - 2018 10 Pula [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Cuba - 2016 3 Pesos Convertibles [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Definitely small 0. The easiest way to tell the difference is actually the 9 in the date. On the small 0, the tail points well away from the 1,...
To add, Philly mint let their dies get really bad in the 2014-16 years, especially on dimes and quarters. I remember 2015-P dimes looking like...
It's worth noting that they made them in both plated steel and plated zinc in most years until they quit minting the penny altogether. The...
Judging by the halo around the lettering, I think they're polished business strikes.
As I collect modern circulating coins by date, I've often had quite the time figuring out whether some years were minted for circulation, minted...
Looking at relative rarities for the types on Numista, I'm almost certain that the 1989 1 and 2 cents don't exist. The others that you're not sure...
Started working on a set of Indian notes by design. Here's a replacement 1 Rupee from 2015: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Also one more for the OFEC set,...
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