It doesn't but it does have to do with numismatics as part of the study of money and money substitutes. The food stamps were a money substitute.
The originals were struck on a planchet using a US obv die and the Confederate reverse die. The Scot restrikes were struck on 1861-O halves with...
The purchase of copper was allowed by the mint, they were not dependent on depositors for that. The copper was paid for with warrents drawn on...
The S-96 hadn't been seen since 1962 because John Wright discovered it unattributed in a shop that year but didn't have the money to buy it. He...
Well I don't owe him a lot of money. And actually the prices they brought were quite reasonable, especially the S-180. I'll say. I have seen...
There are other reasons. The spiked chin actually comes on I believe four different varieties and they have different rarities (There is also the...
Keep an eye on the 1804's. The cheapest draped bust is probably the 1804 C-13 commonly available in nice condition and not overly costly. There...
I'm not real familiar with SCD but I know many of them were issued in several different metals. What metals was this particular one made in?...
Oh and the war of 1812 was from 1812 to 1815.
Thanks for the tip, I've got a snipe set. I also have one on the S-47 which is still in the running. If I get lucky I'm going to owe him a bundle.
This is not correct. The mint was dependent on depositors for the silver and gold coinage they produced. The Mint was not authorized a bullion...
I think there is a fair chance the coin is good but the dress on the obverse has been crudely tooled to strengthen the fold lines. the coin has...
Actually the stripes on the shield are correct.
I think he means What sheisters did in the 1800's to obsolete bank notes, by altering things on the notes, was pretty amazing! Even clearer...
There are also people on ebay selling fake mint set envelopes and people buy them to put searched mint sets in, seal them, and then sell the sets...
Did you note the question mark in the first sentence from that ad? "A new limited-issue of the legendary Brasher Gold Doubloon has just been...
I'm not even sure it's illegal. If he was doing it with fraudulent intent then yes it would be, but he describes it for what it is and says that...
I don't think it is a die crack. Looks more like a strike through.
The proper term is repousse, the embossing of a raised image by pressing an image in from behind. Embossing or pop-out is about as good.
Here is a close up of the date area. You can see there is a lot of separation between the two images of the date. If the coin is worn enough...
Separate names with a comma.
