Which isn't surprising as much of the book was written in the mid 1950's. At the time he wrote it they were rare. By the time the book was...
Medals of the US Mint: The First Century 1792 - 1892 by R. W. Julian There are two copies on Abebooks right now. One for $80 and one for $95.
Those have been "demonitized" they were only valid for a set period and then after exchange day they ceased to be valid. Of course they were...
Probably until the early 1970s most collectors probably had no good idea exactly how coins were made and what the processes were. Collecting...
Please ask your best friends dad to explain exactly how this striking error occurs. I would be interested to hear his explanation.
The first edition MegaRedbook is probably the best single volume but if you really want to go in depth Half cents Half Cent Die States/1793-1857...
The Breen encyclopedia is a very good GENERAL reference on the entire US coinage series all in one book. There is no other single book that...
If you like it and want to collect them, then yes they are good to collect. If you are wanting to know if they are a good investment for the...
No they weren't demonetized, but since they had been called in in the gold recall, for many years they government considered them illegal to own....
Nope, even with cost of materials at zero, cost of manufacturing is 1.1 cents apiece. So they need a material that costs less than ZERO. 400 in...
On PCGS usually yes, because PCGS almost never has pictures of the coin. On NGC it varies. If the coin was slabbed more than about 11 years ago...
Not sure what you mean by registry number lookup, but if you mean the slab serial number verification, the counterfeiters have been using real...
I believe it is zinc.
Not really, we'd just see a lot more fake slabs.
As a member of the Muncie Stamp and Coin Club, I would like to know just who they talked to. Although from the article it appears the information...
Looks like at least 7 of the 10 bidders knew what it was. I believe there are something like eight or nine of these known now.
$25 Plus the $10 handling fee, and the shipping both ways. If you do send it, don't send it by itself, submit some other coins in order to...
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