Different packaging between the Canadian and U.S. releases. Same coins but the home team is on the left in each case. :)
Link to Part 2: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-history-of-the-dahlonega-mint-part-2.341729/#post-3590198
@Bedilia, welcome to CT! You should start a new thread, in either the U.S Coins or Error forum, with pictures of your find. You'll get a better...
MS66 FB.
Visited their website for kicks. Clearly Chinese junk, but nowhere do they declare the coins are fake (shame on them). This quote on the home page...
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I've been a Mercury dime enthusiast forever but I've never seen anything like the '43. Thanks for posting. Question for the experts: what would...
Dear spellcheck, I'm slick and tried of all your shirts!
My first thought was "album toning" but that's usually the obverse that's toned and the reverse is white. So I'm going with "market acceptible"...
They're still available, so that says something. Exactly what, I don't know, but something...
Speaking of proof reading, Coin World's caption is sort of ironic... Gilroy Roberts was wrongly credited as the desigener and engraver... P.S....
The Mega-Red Book is a great introductory book for a beginner in U.S. coins. It's encyclopedic in style and you can often find last year's edition...
Those aren't mine, it's just a random picture from the web.
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I'm confused - don't the albums already say "2019-S Silver Proof" or something like that? Are you saying you want to add the ".999" qualifier to...
Yes, it's possible. But none has been identified since Henning was caught over 60 years ago.
According to legend, Henning admitted to making a sixth die but no proof was ever found.
As Legomaster pointed out, there are no 1952-dated Hennings, so yours can't be a Henning. Henning counterfeited 1939, 1944, 1945, 1947, and 1953...
Welcome to CT! That's PMD - Post Mint Damage. It looks like it may have done some hard time in a parking lot. You should start a new thread for...
I buy them as part of the annual silver proof set and just leave them in the govt packaging. I hadn't considered the .999 trading at a premium to...
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