Nice thing about the Standard catalog on DVD's is that you can do a search through the text for a term and find all of the examples. So I do a...
The N Korea KM 177 is a 5 Won coin not a 1 Won. So they are wrong there. There is no 1 Won listed in the latest editions of the books with a...
I collect, or should say collected the seat half dimes. I use the past tense because I have not actively pursued the last three pieces I need for...
One possible explanation would be an improperly polished die. When the hub is forced into the die blank the metal is pushed down and sideways....
From the Breen Encyclopedia "Cast counterfeits have recently appeared of 1800 Wide A's (this refers to a die variety) These are lightweight and...
probably because "Not Genuine" and Counterfeit believe it or not do NOT mean the same thing. It is a semantic difference but a legally important...
Not spooning, grease filled die. The grease kept the metal from filling the die, but the extra material (grease) resulted in the planchet being...
Duh, you're right, I blew it. Color me stupid.
Well the mint has no say in the matter. They DON"T get to pick the design. I agree but I would like to know what it says above the cabin If it...
There is also the DVD version of the 19th, 20th and 21st century books. I just picked it up for a very good price. (Less than the publishers...
Elaine was correct, 200 million is 25% of 800 million, not 20%. Then they are going to have to recover and melt down well over 700 million...
I've reviewed the whole thread and I can't find any replies where you were attacked. I do find replies where you have "attacked" others though....
Notice I said they were guidelines, they do not have the force of law so they CAN ignore them if they chose. When you say the 230th...
That is true. At the same time they were telling the people there was no reason to hoard the silver coins they had two large machines at Federal...
Average life for a quarter die is in the neighborhood of a half million coins. Now I don't have the mintage of the Idaho quarter but guessing it...
I suspect some kind of discoloration, not missing plating. Why? Because the coin still shows "bubbles in the plating" in the area where the...
I don't know anything about coins from this era but I can tell that it isn't Greek, it doesn't have Zeus on it, and the first picture is upside...
On the laminated piece it looks like there may also be some grease fill on the 500 part of the 12,500.
Years ago it was believed that in order for a coin to be accepted it had to contain its full face value in metal. The cent, being made of copper...
They recently (sometime in the past five years or so) set forth guidelines for the selection of subjects for US commemorative coins. One thing...
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