If it is actually a speared berry then it was issued by the Confederacy (That's the same reverse as on my own coin.) The variety numbers listed...
Well I just looked at the law for the US medal and I may owe the government an apology. According to the law the mint shpould NOT be making any...
That's way too high considering that each of the two services are only claiming 20 million each and many of those are crossovers and cracked out...
Link goes to a page with nothing on it. The groove all the way around on the edge is the key clue here. It has had an extended soak in a weak...
I suspect it is more likely machine doubling.
Uhhh, can you fget me some books? :)
Are you wanting an original copy or would a photocopy of the PRL work? If a photocopy would work I'd probably join the E-sylum (Weekly email...
1860-O is not a key date in the half dimes, it's a common date. You're thinking of the dimes where it IS a key date.
Some do not collect. Some collect but everything is for sale. Some collect but only collect items they don't deal in, often tokens on one kind...
Tell me, are all of you folks going to come out and call down the wrath of God and Government on the US Mint when they start selling AND MAKING A...
If you travel in a circle your direction of travel is changing at every moment, but you end up right were you started.
The problem with mysteries like this is that often the only way to actually identify where they came from (were used) is to check the city...
Four 1910 PR-64 Lincolns at one show?
Oh that's good, vinyl free vinyl. I think what they mean is plasticizer free vinyl. Of course the problem is when you leave the plasticizer out...
I can't say for sure but most likely it was decided in Washington not strike any silver dollars in New Orleans in 1861 (After all they didn't need...
The broken S is the result of a broken hub, probably a broken working hub. On the hub everything is raised just as on a coin. If part of the...
The "glaring holes" he mentioned were in the album, not the coins. Nothing jumps out at me that would say fake.
Yep those are spade guinea tokens. Like I said there are over a thousand varieties.
Larger pictures and what does the other side look like?
It is now possible to get every year of US Half cent from the Chinese factories. If you know the eraly coppers it isn't too hard to identify them...
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