No ATB, and there are still three Territory quarters I haven't seen yet.
As for why it wasn't used during the depression, look up gold recall order of 1933.
You should try the Central States Show in Schaumburg this weekend then (Unless you are strictly into foreign and ancients) Much much larger show....
Has been done before. Ebay agrees that it was inappropriate, it's gone.
No not really. There are literally THOUSANDS of different designs of silver rounds out there, most of which people never see because they exist...
Of course you can't FIX it, but that can often be made better. At least better than having a big lump of solder on the coin. Most people think...
I admit I only have the second edition of Grellman, but in it he makes no mention of cuds in an early die state. The only cud he mentions for the...
The "dots" could also be bubles in the plating. A doubled mintmark is impossible (After 1990 the mintmark is in the model the master hubs are...
Don't know. Here's a list of shows in California http://www.calcoin.org/shows.html
As long as you are not reintroducing them to circulation it is legal. (What someone else does with them is up to them.) If you were doing it to...
I've bought books for years and I am still buying them. I've spent over $400 on books so far this year and there are still more of them I want to...
Yes it should work. The key is getting it hot enough and keeping it there for a long enough time. A toaster oven should be able to do that.
NO, it might cause a decline in casual collecting, but it may result in a upsurge in actual numismatics, the serious study of the coins themselves...
They probably can if they are using their Logo without permission.
I will be there Friday and Saturday. I attend every year except when it conflicts with EAC and EAC is close by to where I live.
The "grease" was not just grease. There was a lot of other things like dirt, dust and METAL FILINGS trapped in the grease as well. When it was...
I think it is glue on the surface of the coin and your line is the boundary edge of the glue.
True, but even when the second one shows up, I still have the discovery specimen.
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