You don't see them trading around as much anymore, but I have a pretty big stack of these that I accumulated over time at way less than spot, I...
I guess you haven't really read up on them. The bills are 'printed' with "x" 1000ths of a troy ounce of gold each; 1/1000, 5/1000, 10/1000, etc.
That would defeat the entire concept of what they are trying to accomplish, which is to present gold in small enough valuations that it can be...
The Half Real shows as $1.35 melt on Numista. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18651.html The 1873 Colombian 5 Centavo comes in at $.82....
Here's an example of the "bison" side: [IMG] from: https://www.folkschool.org/2017/01/13/whats-hobo-nickel/
Gotta say, I'da thought that on average the environmental damage would be a lot higher; for the most part they just look 'worn' vs. corroded....
'similar'...
Just found in random, circulating change? Crazy good condition!
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Your 1st 'guess' is spot on. Could be gaming the 'insurance' companies as well.
The boys (probably 5 & 7)next door to us set up a lemonade stand last year, and we plied them with Kennedys and we watched them go up and ask...
https://apnews.com/article/rare-dime-auction-san-francisco-mint-574e1a50e1f80b310941ef373d3ca22d So.... only in proof sets. How many (sets) will...
I reached out to people at the Jackson-Hope Fund and the Archives Department at VMI. We'll see if they get back to me. *Update* Well, the...
https://vmi.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15821coll7/id/80
I'm a pretty good "finder" of things, and yeah, even VMI doesn't really give many details. I wonder who "mints" them for the school?
When WF dropped their coin counting machine a few years back my wife started using all my $.50 CRH rejects for buying Powerballs and MegaMillions...
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So no non-US coinage at all? I guess I would have thought there'd be more int'l 'traffic', but I guess why would they have their 'local' change on...
They need ideas? Always thought these were nice; maybe some sets of coins based on the same/similar idea.... [IMG]
I'd suggest cleaning it a bit to help with legibility, but you'd really hate to lose the luster. :rolleyes:
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