The silver piece is a medal, the gold is a coin and does carry a $100 denomination.
If you are willing to wait you might find something in one of the coming Heritage Auctions. I did a quick look through their archives and they...
Are you sure you aren't expecting too much? these were small crude copper coins and they were USED. And them most of them were buried for over a...
It might stimulate collectors if it was released with the regular circulation coins like they did the W quarters, but DON'T announce it ahead of...
V cent, as in roman numeral 5 cent.
I like the $20 trinary radar note that isn't a radar note.
When are people going to be responsible for their own foolish actions? Paying silly money for things they know nothing about? What illegal...
I don't normally bother with contests, and I don't care much for gold, but I like gold fanams.
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Yes, before 1973 cameos are unusual and deep cameos are rare. After 1973 cameos to varous degrees become the norm but deep cameos are still...
They are both replicas, the small one looks like a copy of a 1716 8 escudo, the larger on is a copy of a coin from the mexico city mint but I'm...
Seems strange to me that he would be able to get the graded cheaper at the show, especially if he took them raw and brought them back from the...
What did he say about #2?
I'm familiar with those and the Wheaties promotion but I never got any of them myself. We ate Special K or Frosted Flakes. Some time we managed...
Put a washer on it and hit it. Or since it appears to be on both sides, put it between two washers and hit it.
Looks like a flip over double strike with the second (and possible later strikes) broadstruck (out of collar). The out of collar strike(s) would...
Pictures?
Some vending machines in Canada long ago used to drag a sharp pointed probe across the coin check to make sure it wasn't a washer. If the...
I think the scratch looks a little heavy for a staple scratch, The top of the obv looks like it has had some buffing done to it.
Walking Liberty half, blow up the second picture and it becomes fairly obvious. And the MS pieces are two Oaks and a pine tree.
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