It's a charm and there was a clothing firm that used them for zipper pulls in the early 70's.
Are you sure about that? The South had separated from the Union (and the behavior of the north after the war toward the south clearly indicates...
As far as I know PCGS won't touch it. NGC does do some medals but I'm not sure it would be worth it to submit it.
I'm sorry to say that if she is lucky, they are now work hundreds of dollars.
I will be there Friday and Saturday.
Also the harder you punched the mintmark into the die the larger it would be. So different sized mintmarks can be created from the same punch.
I think you lost a decimal points. Spec on the copper plated zincs is 2.5 grams +/- .1 grams so all of those are within spec.
The cent would be placed in the hole of the aluminum blank and then struck in a press with dies that have a central hole. As the aluminum was...
And when he bought the Clapp collection that contained over 90% of the complete collection. Eliasberg just had to finish off the remaining holes....
It is corrosion. You have several things going on, You have cents that have oils and salts on them from handling, probably moisture trapped...
Nine for the complete early date Redbook set. I lack about 40 of the Sheldon numbered varieties, about 30 1794's and 10 1793's.
Don't collect early large cents then. :) There are varieties listed in the Redbook that only have as few as 3 pieces known. A complete Redbook...
If you are wanting a book, the best one is Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793 - 1857. Roger Cohen's Little Half...
The album is for all the business strikes and the proof ONLY issues. If you look you will see that it does not have two holes for San Francisco...
It's a C-1 Check the tops ot the TY. On the C-3 obv they re spaced well apart and on the C-1 obv they are close together. On yours they are close.
Checked the Treasury fAQ and it says nothing about the government being required to accept legal tender. The question covered whether government...
Slab does not look like anything I recall having seen before. Rim who was the seller, maybe I can pick one up.
The scans do not leave me with good feelings about this coin.
Citation please? A piece of legislation, court ruling, anything that supports that assumption? I know of nothing that requires the government to...
The dates are under the Queens shoulder (I think it is 1952 - 2002) and it marks her fiftieth year of reign. It was a circulating commemorative....
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