To me the arks on the cabin look like damage. The marks through UNUM looks like a die scratch or gouge.
I don't see any hills.
Yes it was innovative for them, (though Australia had already issued a curved coin) but since then a LOT of the proposed commemoratives have...
That is the only edition and for a long time it was the definitive reference. There is currently another book out which is much easier to...
Well considering I collect mainly 18th century material sure I can say No with a smile. :) There is pretty much zero modern material that I...
Well he was right a coin collector MIGHT give 75 cents for an 1839 double eagle just as a novelty
That's correct.
Little to no relationship between a Littleton grade and a TPG grade. Someone wanting a graded coin will put no weight in a Littleton grade.
Slightly misaligned dies.
Doesn't really matter, there is nothing special about the Cheerios cents. To the best of my knowledge there has never been a WAM found in a...
Can you post images of the pieces? If they are examples of some of the test pieces they will have collector value. What that value would be...
Wrong, die state has nothing to do with the amount of wear the coin has, it relates to the amount of wear the DIE has.
New Jersey did make theirs legal tender (which was why I didn't mention NJ in my last post) but the Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachussets...
I didn't miss anything, I think it is probably fake as well (for other reasons). It's just that the apparent extra thickness doesn't mean...
Bouch i would LOVE to see images of the 33 coin holder. I've seen and handled the seven coin holder and I've seen references to the 33 coin...
I would be surprised if they would re-bean it without a re-evaluation in that case. Besides if you send it back in to the TPG in the slab, you...
I would add one thing to that definition "intended to be" inserted before the word used. Stamped pieces of metal struck for sale and not intended...
The Tiawanese piece I believe is a 1 yuan, and I think the Ethiopian is a 5 Birr.
You might try contacting Stephen Album, he is a specialist in Islamic coins. Just google Stephen Album Rare Coins. (Only financial arrangement I...
Have you measured it's SG? Apparent thickness at the edge is meaningless. A well struck genuine coin will be thicker at the edge than a...
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