I bet there's some truth to the joke. Maybe some thief in Tammany Hall sold the bridge to NJ. :p
The Gobrecht Journal Sept-Nov 1982 published an Unc. half dime survey based on: "...200 different public auction catalogues issued since 1972..."...
Does it come with a bottle of Mad Dog and a bridge with Brooklyn provenance?
Survivor numbers can be estimated by the frequency of dates/mintmarks/grades that show up in ads and auctions. I believe the Liberty Seated...
I apologise in advance for the insult, but, IMO, this is like paying someone for the right to beg alms from them.:(
$250. hammers were a bargain. The Navy was paying $600. :p
Was it once owned by one of these guys? [IMG]
Or the company producing planchets for the mint also produces nails?
If they really want a good marketing gimmick they should slab a Yap stone and put it on display in their lobby. But I suppose there would be a...
Because that's where the dies are.
From what I read about coal tokens, mining that stuff must have been a real bucket of suck. :(
Thankyou. But forming a clear view of what could have been is too easy to abuse.
There's a funny April's Fools joke about a planchet error. Fittingly enough, from an exonumia dealer. It's the first post-Ken Barr....
I'd like to know how they grade error coins? How do they net grade a uniface error on one side?
What are the grading standards for world coins, exonumia, and error coins that TPG's grade?
Coin collecting could be crazier if you ask a pet rock collector.
There's hundreds of digital currencies out there. It would be glorious if they all had a physical version. It would be like collecting broken...
Well yes, as long as they ward off the evil spirits with mumbling and smudging smoke.
I'm in your camp Mr. Green. One point in the X touches the *Liberty* pole and one point touches a star--"Stars and Bars." It's not hard to...
It's only "conservation" if a TPG does it. :p
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