Frank, Your 1777 coin shows the letters D.A on the reverse. The assayers D.A were active in the Santiagio, Chile mint during that period. I...
Andy, This is a Limoges mint (mint I, clasped hands) 5 Francs. Value according to the Krause catalogue of world coins is $45 in grade Fine, $ 100...
Hi Monetarium, My Jaeger coin catalogue says that is a 10 cent piece for the old German enclave in China of Kiautschou, Capital Tsingtau. About...
Thank you all so much for your trouble and help. This made my day, really. JR-2 no less! I only picked up on it because my wife asked me to take...
Hallo gentlemen, I was doing some reading yesterday about this 1801 dime in my collection. According to Coin Facts there were only 2 varieties...
The best part of this is that it is a present form your daughter. As you said, bought by herself with her savings. That means a lot. My son (13)...
Thank you Mark, thank you everybody for your comments. Eduard
Thank you 90fine, this is what i was loking for. The numbers correspond to the coins in the slab. Eduard
Guys, Here are pictures of some of the PCGS slabs i bought. It is very unusual to find slabbed US coins over here. I bought them from an...
Mark, i will take some pictures of my slabs tomorrow for your comments. Thanks. I am pretty sure i am safe with mine, but this issue of fake...
Hello Guys, Given that most of my coins are "raw" I decied to buy some encapsulated coins just recently, both PCGS and ANACS. Now i read that...
I want to thank you all for your nice comments. But most of all i want to wish you YOU ALL a happy Christmas season. May 2008 bring you and...
Treas, quite on the contrary, i really appreciate your advice. I have managed to save most of the sales catalogues from which i bought some of my...
EDIT: Obviously this is a dime, not a cent. Too quick typing, and not reading what i type.
Well, the last one for today (just so Treas does not end up hating me forever!). Here is an 1814 dime - SatesofAmerica variety. provenance:...
Here is a 1793 Wreath cent, S-9 variety. My second S-9. Bought from B&M's Bebee sale i think in 1986. Not a highlight of that sale, but still...
Well, the weather here has finally turned too cold to be out walking in the woods, metal detecting, or flying my model helicopter. So i have some...
I share your love of early US cents, in particular the cents of 1794. There is something very warm and appealing about them. And there is also...
CBD, that appears to be a fault in the plastic, from underneth. It really does not appear to be on the coin.
Coin has arrived - new pictures Hello guys, This coin finally arrived today. As there was some thought that this coin is a fake, i have taken...
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