I've wondered, what is the symbolism of the cap being on a pole? A hundred years later with the Barber coins the cap is on her head. Yes, the...
But it's not just a single year's coinage that is circulating though. Post-1965 coinage - the vast majority still circulating I'd imagine - would...
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I have mixed feelings about it. There's the history and it's kind of official. But on the other hand, "I accepted this coin in commerce" isn't...
You can't fill up jars forever though. Wasn't there a coin glut and lower mintage across the board in 2009 from the economy tanking and everybody...
I hate getting sucked into these reopened decade-old threads. It's always "I have one of these" and we never hear from them again.
PCGS says this: • Minimum Grade Options: • CURRENT – Requests coin to cross at grade listed on holder. • ANY – Requests coin to cross at any...
Very nice. Looks better than MS62 to my eyes. I ran into some fun stuff on NNP regarding the Lafayette dollars a few years ago. They're done!...
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Yeah, it's 50 yuan, not 5 oz. I'm guessing that was on purpose as sort of a Dan Carr style "fantasy" coin to skirt the law, and that even the...
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Untoned it's a $100 widget. NGC and PCGS census have almost 175,000 of them in that grade. So how much is the crazy premium for the toning on this...
"New design" makes sense. S.S. for "Standard Silver" makes me ponder why they thought it was necessary. Were there any non-standard silver coins...
The origin of "teetotaler" goes back to 1833. https://wordhistories.net/2017/01/12/teetotal/
NGC says $525 but PCGS says $1000 and Numismedia says $990. There's your answer. The buyer wasn't hoping it was AU58, they were just getting it...
That would be the baitmaster. The third one is opposite. Strong drink made me smoke more, and no longer smoking made me drink more.
This presumes they will follow the gas station model and use increments that never existed or no longer exist in currency. Gas stations get away...
Which proves my point. Your lookup says MS63. The slab says AU53. You were unable to verify.
Me either. Especially with the abysmal state of computer security. My personal data has been stolen more times than I can remember. There will be...
Production of the Jefferson nickel didn't begin until October 3, 1938. Regarding the 1938-D Buffalo, NGC says "The nation slipped back into...
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