What he is referring to is the fact that he has looked at thousands of 2010 cents and he hasn't seen a D mint coin yet. So he asked (I assume...
Boy you must be really upset that the mint used to sell cuff links, bolo ties, money clips, tie clasps, plush presentation boxes, puzzles, and...
Well that really clears things up. :)
Source: Silver History Coin World Almanac 1990 edition pgs 487 - 491 The Treasury in May 1965, "The world and the US silver supply and...
My first thought was a die scratch or gouge, but there seem to be other striations parallel to it which could point toward a plating problem. I...
I saw one that looked about like the OP coin at the local Show in Marion IN last weekend. They are around, and probably more like an R-3 coin...
They are illegal to melt NOW. In the late 1960's silver coins were illegal to melt. I suppose saving silver coins was probably not a good idea...
The picture isn't good but I can't see anything about the date from that image which jumps out at me to say it is bad. That is absolute nonsense....
During most of the 18th century coinage output from the Tower mint was very sporatic. While there was some silver and gold coinage (the nobility...
You're looking at the wrong listing. All the discussion about the word copy began relating to the "$100 platinum" link posted in post #7
Not sure if this will work but here is an image of the exhibit. [IMG]
There are actually around 130 to 135 1794 dollars known to exist.
Idhair has the answer. Due to the rising silver prices the government wanted to remove the silver from all the coinage. But the silver producers...
Yep it's there, but it is not in compliance with the HPA. Too small and it is raised not incuse. Also the letting is not san-serif.
Could be he went to a school system like the one I did. We had US History for the first time in third grade and we "studied" US History in fourth...
Dimefreak, you missed my response in post #6 where I said I'd be there Fri and Sat. (and it should be "You and I". :) )
This particular misattribution tends to happen from time to time. I have seen several of these 1859 patterns slabbed as regular business strikes...
Yes you can find coins that have adjustment marks on both sides, and the practice of adjusting planchets did NOT end in the 1830's. It continued...
This is extremely oversimplified. The Bland -Allison Act of 1878 and the Sherman Silver purchase Act of 1890 mandated the government to purchase...
If more items are pr-ordered by subsciption than the Mint can produce. I was wondering if that might happen witht eh2010 proof silver eagle...
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