Anybody who likes Sarah Brightman is OK in my book...I ALMOST got a chance to perform with her. We were doing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem...
On a close AM the letters are touching or almost so. These are not.
That's the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo where President McKinley was assassinated. I guess maybe he should have carried one of those.
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I think we have a winner.
Is the surface slightly concave? It looks like it to me. If so then I don't think it's a planchet, it might be something else. There's a couple...
Could it possibly be an ink transfer from the strap that was holding the brick?
I hardly think that events from 150 years ago would be considered politically offensive now. Back then, yes, but now? We've mentioned Presidents...
The real lesson should be to buy what you can when you can. The famous stamp dealer and philatelic author Herman Herst Jr. basically says this....
Dead giveaway: The motto looks absolutely horrible. There are other issues, too, like the stars on the obverse. On a real coin, the outlines of...
I think in the not too distant future, postage and shipping rates will have an effect on online purchases, especially auctions. Why buy online...
There have been several articles about this in the numismatic press. It indeed was to help with the coin shortage.
No it isn't an empty lot, at least not according to this. I live in the Akron area. It's a multi-family 2-story home with 4 rental units, built...
The zinc reacts with the copper. Before 1982 this was not a problem. But now, with pennies being 95% zinc and only 5% copper, they corrode...
Many banks will not accept rolls that have been marked on in any way. I've run into this a few times.
It just goes to show you that good finds are still possible even today.
@Murillo That's a very worn "D", not an "O". The inscription reads, "Victoria D(ei) G(ratia) Brittaniar(um) Regina F(idei): D(efensor):....
Great find, and I read the article, I have it in front of me! WOW. When you get the coin back from the grading service, let us know what they say!
@RomaniGypsy There have been articles in the numismatic press, plus CoinTalk has had threads mentioning it in the past. They stopped minting them...
Most of the nickels were sent to Puerto Rico. Very few were distributed to the 50 US states.
Separate names with a comma.
