It is extremely uncommon to find coins on the surface after 100 years. Usually they are buried from an inch to several inches. A good metal...
The link to your slideshow is messed up. Can you repost it? Congrats on the 8 IHCs. I wish I could find that many in a year.
It will be interesting to see what NGC has to say about it.
I don't understand what they mean by 'restruck' and 'restrike'. 'Restrike', when talking about coins, is generally a coin that is struck from the...
Sorry for the off-topic post.
It's not really a theory. It is fact. Let's say that a counterfeiter wants to make counterfeit 1909-D $5 coins. He might buy a very nice...
I agree. That history is what I was trying to get others to explore in my recent contest.
This coin appears to be a 1909-D instead of a 1909 as stated in the auction. I don't see any of the markers noted in Fivaz's book for the '09 or...
There is no mention of an RPM for this coin in Encyclopedia of US Silver & Gold Commemorative Coins (Breen & Swiatek). I'll take a close look at...
Yeah, I guess you're right. I tried but was too late.
I doubt this coin is genuine but if it is its value could be in the thousands of dollars. I would recommend that you take it to a trustworthy coin...
The John Reich Collectors Society (Seated Liberty coinage) will also be represented at the convention and bourse. The combination should give you...
Have you looked at a Lincoln cent lately?
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Looks like the coin was clamped in a vise or held by pliers (see the grip marks on the coin rims on both obverse and reverse). Then the coin was...
Adjustment marks give the coin character IMO. They are evidence of how coins were made then. Somebody (probably a woman) weighed that planchet and...
That's a very attractive coin. Are those adjustment marks on the obverse?
Sounds like a magician's coin.
It's not a US Mint product. The 1976 Ike Bicentennial Dollar is 38.1 mm (3.81 cm) in diameter.
Obviously you have never been through an IRS audit.
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