Well if that happens just throw it back, I'm sure someone will want it, :D
L is too close to the cap to be 49, 50 or 51. LIBERTY ir too close to the hair to be 51 or 52. Junction of hair and forehead is too far left in...
OK rev is Breens rev BB which means S-49, 50, 51. 52, 53 or 54. Back to the obv again
First thoughts thick planchet lettered edge LIBERTY down againt the hair 1794 S-44 - 72 or 1795 S-73 thru 76. Position of the 1 compared to the...
No I don't have any "inside" information, but considering they have already done it for two years, and there is only one more issue left, I can't...
What's funny about that? (other than three people potentially being willing to buy it) It's easy to have more items in baskets than are...
What I don't understand is 50 years ago the 1 kopeck was almost certainly a copper alloy, Copper is a biologically reactive metal. It should...
It is a little unusual that the rotation orientation of the state is wrong.
1819 N-1 Yes it is an overdate, but no it isn't a rare overdate. 1819 N-1 is an R-1+ coin with many MS coins known. It is common enough that it...
If only two are known I'm surprised it wasn't declared treasure and purchased by another museum. I'm surprised they released it for auction.
Calcol got to this before I did. If no museum wishes to purchase the coins they go back to the finder and landowner. I would also suspect that...
Yes there are. Have to admit though that I don't have some of the most recent ones.
"Now" meaning as in since 2007.
And some went the other way defacing the denomination off the back to try and pass them as quarters.
I'd like to get at least one just for the history, but they are too expensive for me to collect as a series or even types.
Many of the business strike Lincolns of the teens had those wide flat rims
Well the coining press applies equal pressure to both sides of the coin during striking.
Johnmilton has a point there. Singles often sell for more than what the whole set would sell for due to dealer nuisance charge
Personally I would buy them raw, but if you have a chance to pick up certified pieces for little or no premium over the raw prices I wouldn't pass...
What I find interesting is from the holder it is in it was in the group of CC dollars that the GSA didn't consider to be "uncirculated". It is in...
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