Those are pretty neat. There are people who collect encased cents. I would think the one from the Stork Club would be especially popular.
What does that have to do with a planchet that bypassed the coining chamber?
Before about 1990 mintmarks were hand-punched into the dies. That means that there will be some variation in location of the mintmarks. For each...
Attached are a few photos of my CT-33/250G counterfeit note. I need to adjust my camera settings. The green is green on the note, not blue-green...
Not counting fluctuations in the price of gold, by my reckoning she is still out $280,000.
1843 would be about a century too early for that.
This makes my current signature line even more appropriate.
That's the technical term for "round money thingies".
Yeah, it is not unusual at all for a reporter to know very little (or nothing at all) about the subject he is reporting on. In decades past...
Looks like environmental damage. Zinc cents look like that after spending time outside.
Why get angry? So what if a dealer or two expressed interest and did not immediately call you back. If it were me I would take it by a coin...
That reminds of the joke where the father, disappointed at his son's failing grade in History, says, "When I was your age I made an 'A' in...
I hate to hear about the elderly being taken advantage of and ripped off. It is especially disturbing when the perpetrator is a member of the...
Impossible. There are a handful of unique and nearly unique coins that are not for sale. The 1870-S $3 gold piece comes to mind. (It is on...
TGS = Trust Grading Service or TruGrade Service I'm not sure which one slabbed your coin but the holder and insert do not look like the ones in...
Choose your battles.
Oooops! Oooops! Gold retreated this afternoon. Could gold have reached its peak? Only time will tell.
kobalt, There is no need to start multiple threads to ask the same question. I believe your question was answered on one of your other threads -...
If you don't own a dictionary (and even if you do) you can find the definition to any word on-line. One way is to simply Google the word and...
You forgot to mention the Blakesley effect. When a blank with a clip (or clips) is run through the upset mill (to raise a rim on the blank making...
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