Instead we will start passing all our half dollars as dollars. When will people learn that you can't have two coins of different values the same...
The mint roll coins WERE shipped in a bag before they were rolled, just like the bank rolls. And you can't really say the contents are the same...
It does look like a planchet lamination from the ST up through the E in MONTICELLO, but the areas around the rim are post mint damage.
I believe they go on sale the 13th of this month
Well they didn't threaten us with death, but were you aware that during the coin shortages of the early 1960's a bill was submitted to Congress to...
What I find surprising is that no one ever seems to point out the obvious connection between the short snorter and the military challenge coins....
Different lighting angle used to shoot the two coins tends to emphasis different portions of the hair.
Coffin was originally used to mean a slab that has an overgraded coin in it, especially one that has been cracked out and upgraded possibly...
Maybe so but you wouldn't bring your coin jar with you. You would cash it out for paper before you go. Whole lot easier to carry that way.
I think you missed the discussion. It can be made, but it isn't worthwhile to do so.
Well on proofs finning isn't all that uncommon due to the double striking, and this piece has been badly mishandled so I wouldn't think no more...
It is a normal coin. The weight given, 11.24 grams is well within the tolerance range for a half dollar (11.34 +/- .45 grams) and is much too...
I would have to disagree. There is no way I would make any kind of diagnosis based on the pictures provided, and you can't tell if the drawing...
I think it is probably a dropped letter. The size and shape appear to be correct and it is incused (All dropped letters are incuse. They are the...
Finning is caused by either excessive pressure or a misaligned die (or both). At the outside edge of the rim, metal is forced up or extruded...
You might be surprised how inexpensively it can be done. I would imagine that a simple coining operation could be set up for under 10K. Read...
Alexander Hamilton??? Whose coins have you been using? Interestingly in the past when they have put the choice of subjects up to a vote by the...
I believe the political upheaval he is referring to was the deposing of Charles I in 1649 or 1650 (Beheaded I believe) and the establishment of...
Yes but for things like the cent roll sets you probably can't wait til the end of the year and bundle to save shipping because they will no longer...
I would bet we would be considering we have already had similar discussions over the crummy service of USPS, UPS, and FedEx. And like I said...
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