It all boils down to NGR, No Good Reason.
And of course once it was discovered the Mint pulled all the direct ship NA dollars so they could unwrap and search them to make sure that no more...
Unfortunately it doesn't, and I can't adjust it because I can't see the differences in the colors to adjust it.
It is a 1798, but look at the gap between the ends of the wreath compared to the S above it. There are only three varieties that even come close....
Why? You think no one collected colonials? And a lot of collectors in the US in the 1800's actually tended to collect ancients. US coins were...
You will also find French pieces and German States pieces fromn the 1800's made of billon. There are plenty of others. Technically the 40%...
Size of a half dollar but weighs a pound? Wonder what it's made of? Too light for Neutronium, too heavy for anything else known to science....
Mint spec for a new silver quarter 1873 - 1947 is 6.25 grams +/- .097 grams. For 1948 to 1964 the weight is the same but the tolerance loosens to...
Oh I understand why they do it, and it doesn't suprise me that they do. It's just that back when they started they were supposed to be neutral...
You're doing just fine. In that coin club there are at least three other collectors of paper and possibly as many as four that collect MPC's....
A 3 inch diameter coin of the SAME thickness as the silver eagle would weigh 3.63 oz. So twice the thickness would weigh 7.26 oz. They are only...
His wkipedia link did not work because he used spaces instead of underlines after Threepence and British. The correct link should have been...
Very true because they are frequently wrong.
Sounds like nonsense. Before 1836 they didn't use a collar, and after 1836 thee is no way they would be using a collar so worn that the coin...
I think you are confusing this with the Battle of New Orleans from the War of 1812 where Andrew Jackson defeated the British in a battle several...
Possibly an added MM that fell off.
The mint typically starts striking the coming years coins late in the year. Sometimes a few of these coins will accidentally slip out in bags of...
I'm just about at the tail end of the baby boomers and I barely remember silver coins in circulation, and I can't say I remember pre 1947 coins....
I think the key is exactly what is he looking at in the Charleton. Is it listing dollars and medals together, or is it listing dollar coins with...
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