The pics of the coin on ebay look much different than those posted here. Looks like it was cleaned long ago and has retoned.
Very informative website without being too technical. Well done.
It is true that no individual can know everything about everything... since Walter Breen passed away. That man was amazing, especially watching...
Looks like Rich Hartzog's site is the only one that is up and running. The others are either 404 or parked.
Did I say it was done intentionally? SOME people do lots of things that most don't, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Just trying to help...
You can find them in the Red Book. There is info there, but they were a copper-nickel token that Mr. Feuchtwanger had made, and he wanted to sell...
The scratches in front of Lincoln around between TRUST and the date look like those from a rolling machine where it zipped the shotgun roll closed.
All aboard! Nice find.
What about fantasy strikes of non-U.S. coins? Is that a possibility, or something you want to pursue?
My 401k did well too until the .com crash in 2000 and housing crash of 2008-9. Up to about half of what it was. Wait until all of the Baby Boomers...
That's why you learn what to look for in a real one.
Yes, but they don't make me feel like a pirate.
In the 1960's a gallon of gas was about 25 cents. I can still buy a gallon of gas with the FRNs a silver quarter will trade for. Minimum wage was...
As 'insider' said, the modern copper-nickel hubs and dies are less detailed than '64 and earlier pieces. The mints knew that the new alloys would...
It is always hard for me to lock something away in plastic, when I want to hold it to feel the past it experienced.
Some/all use outside experts if they don't know for sure. I know ANACS uses Ponterio since one of my rejected 8 reales had a post-it note he had...
That is interesting, that a country needs not be a part of the EU to issue Euros. Very similar to the old Latin Monetary Union - counteie not...
No agenda, just asking an opinion from people living there. We don't get all of the news here in the US since most people here probably don't know...
With the financial differences between the richer and poorer nations of the EU, does anyone see the Euro becoming a monetary unit of the past, or...
If you can get a jeweler's solicitor, it will get all of the pvc out of the crevices. Just make sure the coin is held so that the flat surfaces...
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