My only ancient elephant is (seller identified) a fals from the Umayyad Dynasty (AD 661-750). Rather ugly, but I only paid $2.99 for it.[ATTACH]...
As a collector of both books and coins/bills and also a lover of all things historical, I am awed by the book. What I can't fathom is how someone...
I am no expert. From the pictures, it is hard for my eyes to be sure whether it is a raised line or depressed line. If it is raised, it is most...
The weak date is almost exactly beneath the reverse die crack. I wonder if there is a reason or if this is only coincidence.
Coingratulations to the winners!
You must have been thinking about nickels today! I make that kind of slip of the tongue (or in this case, the fingers) all the time!
What I'm wondering is how do the TPGs and the serious error collectors figure it?
I saw that site and concluded it was far more work than I wanted to give it, especially since I don't think the percent off center should be...
Love the token. Hope you find it!
I would think percent off center and percent covered are two entirely different concepts. In an eclipse, the matter of concern is what area of...
Here is my poor example, bought for fifty cents from a flea market junk box. Took me years to discover it was a jeton made by Hanns Krauwinkel II...
Would this be a double error coin? First by the mint, then by ANACS. I have wondered how they calculate percent off center. My usual...
It seems more likely to me that, as far as circulation is concerned, memorials, and shields too for that matter, in the not-too-distant future...
Entry Post. I inherited this coin from my wife's aunt. I believe it is a 1939 American Trachy, probably a pattern piece and worth a fortune. It...
Thanks!
So true! I have found a couple of clipped planchets (in mint sewn bags so I know they were genuine) when as a kid I wrapped coins for a bank, and...
Alternately, the Secretary could decide the only amount of cents (and nickels?) were the amount needed to put in mint sets, proof sets, or other...
But it says the Secretary decides the necessary amount. If the Secretary decided the necessary amount were zero, then the "shall" would mean the...
Not questioning anyone's opinion on this (it looks replated to me as well), but what sorts of things would we expect to see in a coin that has...
I'm no lawyer, but wouldn't this mean that if the Secretary decided no cents were necessary the mint would not be required to make them?
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