Except on what I call an "open face sandwich" like the bicentennial quarter I found in a mint bag in 1976, with no cu-ni layer on the reverse. :D
Busts as in sculptures of heads.
Well, a little more research has narrowed the field. Krause lists no 4 Ducats in the 17th Century. All 7 described in the 18th Century volume...
Congress can abolish that rule by simple majority vote of both houses and a Bush signature. :mad:
Here is one of several Krause paper money references. They publish several specialized volumes on paper money, which are all listed at their...
Your references to restrikes and purchase at an Austrian bank sound like you are talking about a Maria Therese Thaler, which is still being...
I don't know whether Lloyd has what you are looking for, but if not he can probably give you a lead. You can tell him I referred you. :D
Again, the question is about busts, not necessarily busts of the Emperor. :) The answer is absolutely, positively, certainly > 0. :D Hint -...
Bad wording on my part. The first question was supposed to be how many busts on coins, and the other two were supposed to refer specifically to...
Here's a bit of World trivia from my favorite collection area - 1. How many busts have appeared on a Japanese coin? 2. When was it minted?...
I use O=rings, and limit each book to 10 pages. Larger notebooks with more pages become quite heavy and the pages tend to sag. :( Keep an eye...
I buy the 1/2" size in packages of six at Costco for around a buck apiece.
I agree, but I would phrase it a little differently: I don't care for tarnished coins. :D
I have to take CDCDA's word on the price, but I give that 3-second snipe a great big ATTABOY![IMG]
According to the Red Book there were 2,820,982 copper large cents minted that year. Why nothing else? I sure don't know, but a metal shortage...
Sad [IMG] but oh so true [IMG]. BTW is that a rim ding at 2 o'clock on the reverse, or just an optical illusion from the 2x2 window? If it is,...
Welcome to the forum Hero. I've never heard St. George described as a Trojan Warrior before, and I've certainly never heard of the fabled dragon...
Unfortunately, if he got it in the middle east or Asia, he got it from a hotbed of counterfeit and forged coinage. If it were mine the first...
It's a wonderful way to eliminate luster, and put hairlines and rub marks on the previously pristine surfaces of proofs and uncircs.[IMG]
Almost 33-million Winged Liberty dimes were produced in 1916 at the Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco mints. :D.
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