Monty Hall used to have $500 and I think maybe $1000 notes on the game show "Let's Make a Deal" back in the 60s
A 22% premium is absolutely ridiculous.
It probably spent some time in a parking lot...
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@The Trachy Enjoyer : You made one small but noticeable error: Greece's revolt for independence happened in 1821, not the 1840s. In fact this...
Justinian was also honored for being a hymnographer. He wrote the hymn "O Only-Begotten Son", still sung today, as his response to the 5th...
@The Trachy Enjoyer A. A. Vasiliev's History of the Byzantine Empire, in part, says this about him: "With rare unanimity the sources praise...
The copper coating got etched off somehow (probably acid) and left the zinc behind.
Agreed, it wouldn't get a straight grade. The dead giveaway is that the high points of the coin are shiny from the cleaning but not the more...
I'd like to see more of the edge. There appears to be a seam of some sort on the one side but not on the other.
I wasn't sure whether to post this in the Coin Chat section or the bullion section, but anyway, here goes. I went, as usual, to the monthly...
But half cents weren't really all that common if you look at the mintages compared to the large cents. And there were spans of years where none...
The stars on the obverse are horrible and not sharp at all. Dead giveaway. Very mushy.
There are a couple of things I wonder about: What's up with the top of the "S" in "Pluribus"? And the 5 looks wrong to me. I'm no expert on...
That is a really, really, REALLY bad fake.
When I looked for it, it said SOLD.
Someone unfortunately bought it. I've never seen a CC mint mark that looked like that one. Fake as hell.
I remember getting them as a prize in gumball machines MANY MANY years ago. Not bad for a quarter. It may have been a dime back then, though.
MS-65. The cheek hit does detract, but otherwise a lovely coin. I've said it before here, that 1921 Peace dollars are notorious for not striking...
You may find them badly toned if that basement had a lot of humidity. For your sake I hope not.
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