No because there was an exception in the order. They could hold gold coins considered to be "rare or unusual". And what did that mean? Rare and...
Yes, the legislation permitted the Director to include the motto on all coins upon which it would fit. It was NOT made mandatory that it be...
Mid to late die state and the figures are being drawn to the rim from die wear.
Correct, they no longer use the smaller $1000 bags dimes and quarters, the $200 bags for nickels, or the $50 bags for cents. All coins are now...
No aluminum cent has ever sold at auction. Only one Philadelphia piece is currently known in private hands and it is in the same family as the...
Maybe I'm not understanding what non-judicial means. To me a judicial forfeiture (or seizure) would be one ordered by the courts. No court...
Hub trial and true die trials are typically done in lead or white metal and are one sided. There would be no reason to mount two hubs in a press...
A Mil is one thousandth of an inch (But the TV hucksters selling their plated "tribute" pieces use it as an abbreviation for Millionth.)
It is, I recognize the address. They didn't come as a roll, most of them were distributed in the Northeast and came slipped inside the cellophane...
Probably haven't heard much about them because they are against ebay's rules I believe.
I don't know if they still do, but Cheerios cents still in the package tended to bring $5 - $7 each on ebay, so you did OK. Just don't take it...
Post Strike Damage In the Pratt Indians NOTHING can be higher than the field of the coin. Look at the marks below OF A. There are definite...
Did you make the meeting? (I did see a couple people there I didn't recognize.)
This sounds like a service that allows them to LEAVE a package (like at your house) that you would normally have to sign for. It isn't needed it...
SG for Jefferson nickel is 8.92 (CuNi) or 9.25 (war nickel) Silver Kennedy is 9.53 for 40% or 10.34 for 90% SG doesn't depend on size or...
But if yours did happen to be an off-metal planchet, that heavy scratch dropped the value by about two thirds to three quarters. (In other words...
You say you know the weight so what is it? Being magnetic enough to stick to the magnet could be a heavy nickel plating which you failed to...
So try the link permanently stickied to the top of this forum https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-my-two-headed-tailed-coin-real.3257/
Not pre-strike (The lines were not on the planchet), not post strike (The lines were not added after the coin was struck.) The lines were the...
But since the government didn't file the forfeiture case, the coins should have been returned in 2005 and the case never should have gone to...
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