I can't give you any specific information about that token, but as for who made them, many were made by button manufacturers and makers of other...
Adian is at least partially right. The Fugios and the state coins are not Colonials, although they are normally labeled and collected as such,...
<I had also heard that early in 1933 Mint employees were bale to buy the 1933 $20 coin (as was the case with all coins) for ace value, and that...
My biggest gripe about this coin is that we really don't know what it is or how many of them are known. PCGS didn't bother to identify it...
pjd1966 has finally been NARU'ed. It may only be a tmporary suspention though so we need to keep our eys open and if she comes back we need to...
IMHO even acetone would need to be disclosed as a cleaned coin,,,cleaning is cleaning no two sides to that coin !!! Absolutely agree that any...
Ok I've checked a few things and if your weight and size is correct then it is almost certainly a fake. The largest size I can find listed is 30...
A higher than normal pressure strike will also result in a thicker more squared off edge than normally seen. (If you compare the edges of a proof...
It is an error but a very minor one. The offset of the printing is not far enough off to be worth a premium.
Nova Constellatios are a private US colonial coinage based on the system proposed by Govenour Morris. They come dated 1783, 1785 and 1786 and in...
I don't have any extra information about them, but I know I do have one. I don't remember what the host coin is.
You have the common variety. The answer to the error question can be anwered by looking at the picture of the type shown in the Krause book....
The brass plated cents were created when zinc planchets got stuck in the plating barrel they would dissolve and contaminat the plating solution....
<Sometimes,a letter or two is mistakenly omitted,& the die passes the inspection process through an oversight.> Very unlikely on a modern die....
My initial guess is that it is a fake. That opinion is based on the crudeness of the engraving of Victoria. It isn't much more than a caricature.
<The 98, to my knowledge, is the most scarce and after searching hundreds of rolls in 2001 I only managed to find one!> The 1999 is the rare one.
<I found it very interesting that an obvious instructor would encourage students to alter US coinage. I thought that was illegal?> Nope, it is...
The coin has been damaged, and the damage occured after the coin became heavily worn. Notice the edges of the area. While the rest of the coin...
Not too likely, there is only one confirmed piece and a second rumored one. The piece shown in this thread is owned by Ken Bressett, former ANA...
Ok, The Prosperity token is from Norwich in the ounty of Norfolk England. The D&H # is either 23 or 24 depending on whether the figures is...
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