When was the original medal made, and was the original medal struck or cast? Resin models like that have been used for the reducing machines that...
So which group are you in on Saturday night? :D
Considering the poor quality of the fake and no precious metal content, $700 strikes me as pretty good. One thing in the description struck me as...
Although this lists the ANA convention on it, this was a true sample slab that was handed out by PCI at the convention in 93. It is still a...
They keep using the 2.4 million dollar value for the coins but that is based more on current marke value for the coins. I seriously doubt he got...
It is a piece of what is known as Notgeld or "emergency money" Toward the end of the first world war through about 1923, many cities, states,...
A very instructive piece. Notice how on the inside of the coin the faint images of BOTH sides can still be seen.
2.5 grams +/-.097 grams if it is silver. 2.27 grams +/- .09 grams if it is clad.
You also have the problem of how do the customers find you and what you have? If you are suggesting that you plan on listing them on ebay and...
ST 1860 X The popular explanation (and it seems to be the official one) is "Started in 1860 with ten dollars"
To the best on my knowledge none of the white boxes were marked in any way from the GSA I have seen other white GSA sealed boxes sold before and...
Almost certainly die sinkers error, either through a miscount or from poor placement of the initial stars which resulted in not enough room for...
Truly a VERY nice 1794. S-21 R-3 Not worth anywhere close to what a 1793 cap would have been worth, but still into four figures.
Dropped letters on the face of the coin or on the edge? I seen several examples of dropped letters on the obv or rev, but only the one case of a...
No a railroad rim is the result of a partial collar and actually shows on the edge of the coin and not the rim. The picture in the OP is not...
I think the $30 Silver dollar special is just for Morgan and Peace dollars. If that is correct then you would have to do the $65 value walkthrough.
I really like the P E Ballou piece. After all how may items do you ever see from a phrenologist?
The Lord of the Rings, like Harry Potter was originally written as bedtime stories for the authors children.
If it is actually a 1793 Liberty CAP then it is going to be worth a lot more than $5K. Pictures are going to be VERY important on this one.
I don't have a copy of Sheldon here so I don't have a direct Sheldon to Hayes cross reference. I don't remember a Gilbert - Elder book on the...
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