It means their new letter punches worked.
No country has silver in there circulating coins anymore.
FedEx DOES lose packages. Oh and they DON'T insure coins, collectible or otherwise. Or Stamps, bullion, diamonds etc. Basically anything small...
I would say it definitely is S-103. As Marshall says the reverse is easy to identify and the highest wave of the hair eliminates S-102. Check me...
Not really, they are clearly fake if you are familiar with what the early dollars look like. Sorry to bear bad news but it is true. I also don't...
I think it would be worth about as much as it is right now minus the cost to have it slabbed. You might be looking at negative numbers if you...
1855 is possible but not in that size. There were pattern 1855 flying eagle cents in copper about half cent size. I agree though that the photos...
Thanks I was running on memory. I knew the first Canadian coins were 1858 but I am more familiar with the copper coinage and after 58/59 there...
Canada did not have her own coinage until around 1876. Up to that time she made do with tokens, some British coins and to a large extent US...
It kind of works the same way as fingerprints. You have a partial print but there are enough matching points to make an identification.
What junk mail? I get junk email but nothing through the USPS.
Tolerance on the five cent piece is rather loose, I believe something like +/-.25 grams. 4.95 is WELL within tolerance.
There is so much zinc rot you would never be able to verify a repunched mintmark even if it is there.
The silver plated state quarters strike again!
If the gold melt is allowed to cool too long or too slowly, as the metal solidifies the different metals will try to separate from solution based...
The time to start focusing on clad coinage was back in 1965.
Doug's explanation is excellent. My understanding of the lasering is that the finely focused laser literally melts the surface of the gold...
Hey there were empty gin bottles in "Al Capone's vault" too. Think there might be a connection?
They aren't striking coins at NO or CC so they are less security conscience. They do strike at Philadelphia so no pictures.
Thos light areas are where I would expect mishandling would result in wearing through the brown patina applied to the 19th century medals.
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