Once so far in my lifetime. And I am over 50.
Have it weighed at the coin shop. A genuine example should weigh about 26.96 g. That one looks like a Chinese counterfeit and will probably weigh...
I gotta get one of those!! Where does the line start? :mouth:
Your reverse photo is shot at an angle which causes most of the coin to be out of focus so I cannot make out any reverse details. But I think I...
Most men carried a knife years ago. That combined with a little boredom and/or a rebellious nature may explain the coin vandalism.
It's really simple if you break it down. You multiply the amount of PM (precious metal) in the coin by the spot price. Let's calculate the melt...
I agree with Jack. The mintmark looks questionable (especially location and dark area around MM). I would pass.
Nice try, Lafayette (aka Isaiah, Ishii, $incere, 1909-S, et al). But it looks like I was NOT mistaken after all.
What's so special about 1968? Sure, the Branch Mints (Denver and San Francisco) resumed putting mintmarks on their coins that year after a 3-year...
Welcome to CoinTalk, Doc. You're just up the road from me. This coin is certainly not circulated. (MS = Mint State = uncirculated) I will...
The man who found this huge cache has told the story of how he found the cache. This is a great story. He researched an area to metal detect for...
There was no need for mintmarks when the US had only one Mint in Philadelphia. Every coin made was minted at the Philly Mint then. When the...
pareidolia - the tendency to interpret random shapes as familiar images People often see the image of Jesus or Mary in a piece of toast or a...
I was just wondering because they may be hard to unload. If he wants them for his collection that's all fine and good. If he is buying them to...
Cherrypicker's Guide lists several RPDs but no DDOs. Sorry.
Great circulation find!! What you have is a silver-clad Proof Bicentennial Half.
The Mint used punches, not dies, to punch mintmarks and dates into dies. I don't know if the Mint purchased them or made them in-house but I...
What do you plan to do with the coins once you buy them, especially the "non-collector grade" Morgans?
You should write your Congressman. Congress decides what the Mint produces. The Mint only does what Congress tells it to do.
Aren't they the ones that run the full-page newspaper ads pushing their "Ballistic Rolls" of Prez Dollars?
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