If it doesn't say "TWENTY DOLLARS", it's not a St. Gaudens double eagle. Lots of people make bullion or "decorative" rounds based on popular coin...
Oh heck no. Maybe he can't see marks on a PROOF surface after RUBBING IT WITH AN ERASER, but I'm thinking that says less about his technique and...
Now, now. When I was a little kid, it was "shine up your pennies with a pencil eraser". And before that, it was "be sure to polish your coins...
Clipped and broadstruck?!!?
Oooooh. There can't have been that many Ike planchets sent back in time to the 1800s to fall into the presses. Good find!
I don't think the royals have ever been in the habit of airing their "human frailties" in detail.
If it had been incomplete when struck, we'd see weakness on the rim opposite the missing piece. We also wouldn't see that ridge along the border...
I'd take extra silver dollars and ask if I could change them for the Indian. Retailers always need change. :rolleyes:
I'd love to see it. As I keep saying, our current coin denominations are obsolete. But the fact is, change itself is becoming obsolete. For a...
Hey, we could go on Niven's Roentgen Standard, and then your coins would dry themselves off -- in fact, they'd do so MORE quickly if you just...
And to get back to your original question, "what is the government doing about [the excessive cost of making nickels]"... I think the direct...
Get the right lobbyists behind it, and that won't matter. Just look at the amazing self-destructing zinc cents. The people forcing decisions on...
For good reason, I think. It would be much harder to strike, given its relative hardness and brittleness. BTW, welcome to CoinTalk!
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