Not worn out dies, actually new dies. The "shelf" is there when the die is created. Usually it is polished off the dies before they are put into...
I on the other hand think it probably was well received at least the first two or three years worth) as evidenced by the very large number of very...
dimeguy, you are right. The San Francisco AND West Point mints have made cents without mintmarks to supplement Philadelphia's production....
It is neat and adds a small premium. Emphasis on the word small. You want tough though try finding one in a proof set.
Which is not good if you were looking for oil. Of course they continued to circulate. Coins once issued tend to remain in circulation until...
They also have a tendency to validate your work if you got it wrong too. You tell them what you think it is, but you get the attribution wrong,...
Does anyone else have an opinion about the die crack?
I think the Fed in New York offers tours, I don't know if the others do. Did some searching and several of the others do offer tours including...
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No I think they just tell you what it is. One exception to that might be in the case of VAM's they might tell you if it is a top 100 VAM or a Hot...
Position seems to match die 2, and die 2 has a die crack from the lower left corner of the fasces down to the rim as does this coin. And the...
No they were not. The original bill in 1856 as proposed in the Senate did give them a limited legal tender status to the amount of 10 cents, but...
Well that's kind of hard to say considering they don't bother to tell us what the set is. But my guess is it is an 1839 proof set containing the...
And like the myth that the rattler, OGH and no line fattie NGC slabs being near upgrade locks because of conservative grading, the idea that all...
Early cents were distributed in kegs, sometimes the same kegs the planchets arrived in. I have also seen references to the Columbian exposition...
N-2 R-1 refers to the die variety and the rarity of that variety. There are 7 die varieties in 1834 and they are referenced by Newcomb numbers or...
MS-65 1881-S Morgan dollars in 1989 at nearly $1,000 each. At the time investors thought that was reasonable and they would have seen today's...
Is it a hairline scratch or possibly a staple scratch? A hairline scratch might get a pass, a staple scratch will get details for damage.
[ATTACH] Click to get a larger image. The picture does not do the coin justice.
I often find "inflation calculators" somewhat questionable. I look at it this way, for a large portion of the time from at least the mid 1800's up...
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