Really? :eek: Are you sure? :rollling:
Are you sure it's metal and not paint or ink? It looks too precise to have been done by hand. It was probably printed mechanically, mayby...
http://www.goodfellow.com/A/Chromium-Bar.html Metallic lithium can be found in lithium batteries. Cut the shell of a AA battery near the base...
I have to disagree with all of you. I think it came from the mint like that. It appears to have been struck through sand. Somehow sand got on...
I have found locally that dealers pay a minimum of 7% under spot and sell at a maximum of 7% over spot on bullion sales. I get some low grade...
The total amount of gold ever mined in all of history would make a cube a little more than 50 feet on a side. Can't say how much silver has been...
I'm not at all sure where a comma would have made a difference. Anyway, Standing Liberty Quarters were minted from 1916 through 1930....
If you look a bit closer at the edge of your first coin, you can see a narrow band of darker color. This is because, contrary to general belief,...
You'd think that with the experience with the dates on the SLQ they would have recessed the date.
I doubt that anybody actually "hated" dollar coins. They were simply not a convenient thing to carry around. Up through the mid-1930's when...
I see a die scratch inside the "G" but can't find any reference that says that is indicative of any variety.
OK, theory #2 - it's not PMD, it's a die break or chip, although most breaks either start at the rim, or on the lettering.
I don't see how a hammer could hit both sides at the same time, or one side at a time without flattening the other. My vice can be "mis"aligned...
For what purpose? Doing that would separate the image of the rim from the image of the coin.
So would this apply to Wooden Nickels issued by companies, communities, etc on almost a weekly basis everywhere in the US?
Individual holed coins don't have great value unless they're otherwise of great value without the hole. I'd offer it for sale as-is, for what it is.
I would guess that the album is aimed at circulation coins, rather than proof-only issues.
Do you think he'd listen to your opinion if you DON'T tell him?
Someone will tell you simply -PMD More specifically, It's the result of damage from outside sources. Something hit the coin and pushed metal out...
Smallpox given to the natives by the early settlers.
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