I have no idea why I posted this!!!
Let me add a question to @Shrews1994 thread...how did the term "pound" come about? Was it once a pound of something? OK, is this kind of...
What is that running top to bottom through the RT of LIBERTY?
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If you ever expect to get any questions answered here, lower your voice! Learning to spell would help too
One of the main things in defining an error is to try and imagine where in the minting process it could occur. Don't try and get complicated,...
Since mintmarks are convex on the coin, that means they are punched into the die and are concave. Crumbling of the die around these mint marks...
With the phone, try this. Keep the phone steady and not too close, some people recommend placing the phone on a water glass placed mouth down...
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If you do your test, it will drastically lower the value of whatever you have. Simpler to take it to a jeweler or college and have it weighed and...
I like it too!
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When I posted this the first time long ago, someone commented that it was a die clash, and I thought it looked similar to yours (the first one).
This one has been "smoothed", but I still love it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And it is a die clash
Teaching my first college summer Chemistry class I had a number of students from a local high school who were taking it since they could then get...
I have a fondness for Victoria on the old India coinage, and you can often find the worn Victorian pennies in junk boxes.
No, I said an uncirculated coin was a coin with no sign of wear. Taken from a new roll, "circulated" and put in someone's pocket and then left...
If I'm not mistaken, that is the lowest mintage for the modern clad commems
Wow, @Bobs Tavern Arm and @i2i can talk at each other now
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