And of course, I could not visit the museum without taking a photo of this civil war issue gatling gun. The museum had a really nice antique arms...
And here's a selection of cancelled dies. The pitted examples were recovered from a scrap pile at the mint, there was an example of a rust clump...
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I wanted to share some photos from our trip to the Nevada State Museum/U.S. Mint. My wife and kids hadn't been there before, and I grew up about...
Way to keep up the hunt. The last couple recorded finds of this DDO actually came from Michigan. One example that was graded AU by a TPG ended...
That Series 661 is absolutely a thing of beauty. Magnificent MPCs as always!
On a non-copper coin, those would be planchet striations.
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How many times do you have to post this same question? Didn't you read the forum rules and guidelines on how to navigate the site? You pick a...
Sometimes it's best to leave it in its original state, gunk and all. I'm not too familiar with the RPMs and OMMs for nickels like I am on the...
Are you using a microscope for the close ups like non cents does?
Wow, that's plain as day. Nice pick!
The regular Hudson Silver Commem is tough by itself, they're not cheap!
I feel the same way. Additionally, I don't think Craftsman still upholds the "lifetime" warranty on all of their products like they used to....
Local and regional coin shows, in addition to the local coin shop across the street from the Carson City mint. What was also fun was raiding the...
Amazing, you just found a note that would probably carry a $50-75 ballpark value. Not only a radar, but a two digit binary as well. Nice find!
Here here Ken, we could use a few more good men/women for the ClassCom group ;)
They might be reprocessed, but I'll give them this, it's still "Made in America". There's very few retailers that can claim all of their product...
Fantastic example of #15. If not for your nice powered microscope, this one would be easily missed.
About time you got yourself a Lynchburg! That's a beaut Mr. Green!
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