And the Denver mint at least DID have presses capable of striking coppernickel clad half dollars. They had the reworked WWII ammunition presses...
Hard to say. The only thing I can say is for some reason different areas of coins tend to become "magnets" for grease fills. On DE quarters the...
They were introduced back in 2007, but other than on the Presidents and a couple other coin types for the most part they are not used. Probably...
An EARLY NGC case??? That slab style was first used in April 2008. Stars have been around since about 2001. And the invoice numbers on the...
Best choice would be to put a smaller silica gel pack inside the ziplock. The 40 gram pack will be trying to dry out the air inside the SDB, but...
The 4 is commonly weak on these coins.
That's because most coin collectors are exactly that, COIN COLLECTORS. They are not numismatists, nor are they numismatic bibliophiles. I have...
Yep, simple answer is the plaque the design of the cent was based on, and the photo of Lincoln the plaque was based on both show Lincoln facing...
The CCAC is merely an advisory body. They review designs and give advice and suggestions on designs submitted o them. They have no power to...
The "doubling" around the letters looks to me more like some form of die deterioration. There looks to be something around the cacti that may be...
I recognize A M Smith and Crosby (I may have a copy of the 1965 reprint you mentioned. I have three different editions but I don't remember which...
True, but that had nothing to do with the discussion about COPY. As I said that discussion related to post #7 The thread kind of got hijacked.
But remember from the article, he wouldn't let Weinberg look at the coin. I've heard of this coin before, and believe it or not there is actually...
Final Value fees fo a $1100 fixed price sale is $59. Paypal fees are $33. Inserton fee is $0.50. So total fees would be $92.50 he'll make...
No, all the GSA hoard coins are gone, even the 123 pieces that were culled out of the sale as "unsalable".
True, and I believe the source for most (if not all) of the 1964 SMS finish coins was the Eva Adams estate.
Every year there are many people who do this anonymously and I greatly respect that. Someone doing it as a publicity stunt and then being able to...
The ban on melting the copper cents and the five cent pieces isn't that old. Less than two years I believe. The reason for the ban was because...
No they haven't been. They are still legal tender. But the laws outlawed the melting of gold and silver coins wer repealed many years ago.
Well there were minor battles between the pro Union Northern Californians and the secessionist southern California. There was also at least one...
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