MY DAD KNEW HARRY AGGANIS!!!!! He grew up in Lynn. Harry is buried near my cousin. I still have a photo of Harry from 1946 from a testimonial...
entry post I'm just one coin short of a complete collection of Franklin halves....I just need the 1953-S in VF or better...hoping to get it in a...
Look on the last page of the Coins and History thread on the World Coins forum and you will see my writeup on what my family had to do with the...
The Secret Service investigates all counterfeiting of money and stamps. It's part of their job description and has been for a very long time.
The 1897 Russian 1 Ruble is about $40
No shortage at my bank branch! They had quite a few rolls on the teller's desk went I went in today! BTW Peter, hello from a fellow Cretan.
If enough people told them to either give exact change back or they can put all the items back on the shelves and you tell them you'll shop...
Know your markings. European silverware is usually marked .800 as they are .800 fine. Sterling is .925 and you will sometimes see that number....
I'll bet you anything you want that the vast majority of millennials have never seen a JFK half dollar, an Ike dollar, an SBA dollar, a $2 bill...
Too bad machines like that won't take JFK's...
Kingdom of Lydia in what is now Turkey, circa 600 BC or so. Some say Phrygia or Aegina around the same time frame.
That almost looks like a press pin. Is there lettering between the dome and the word "Senators"? It kinda looks like it but I can't make it out.
On the large date, the top of the 7 is lower than the top of the 9 which is the case here. On the small date the tops of the two numbers are even.
Yes, those are bag marks. I have a mint state 1921 Morgan that has them on the reverse. Easy to tell that they are from contact with other coins.
I collect Franklins. No way would I have bought either of these. Basically zero eye appeal no matter what the grade is. I'd spend a little more...
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