The California factional MIGHT be real, it does a denomination on it but being dated 1872 it comes right at the end if the cal fractional era and...
I'd say it is a 1798. It has an exact Rev of 97 type rev and it doesn't match any of the 1796's with that rev type.
PVC isn't a softener it is a type of plastic. Mylar, in the thin sheets used in 2X2's is thin enough to be flexible on its own. It is also an...
It isn't possible to always round up unless you do away with the cash register. There is no way to price your products so that no matter how many...
But if you have it delivered to an address other than your registered address you lose buyers protection anyway. (My registered address IS my...
Silver rounds are a great investment, if silver happens to go up a lot in the near term. If it doesn't or if it goes down then they are a lousy...
No one was when they were being produced. They were big, clunky, not overly attractive, and they cost more than the regular holders. That's why...
With the new pictures I'm now going to go with a split planchet pre-strike and not a rolled thin planchet.
The one I posted earlier was a proof example and a very early die stage. Here is a mid to late stage that has the cracks mentioned. [img] Image...
Interesting/amusing/ and true typo. :)
Received it twice, 12 minutes apart.
Since it was introduced on the shield nickel in 1866. In the 2014 Annual Report the Mint says the five cent cost 9.4 cents apiece to produce....
The plastic in the flips is much thicker than the mylar in the 2X2 so it is safe for the short period of time the coins are in transit....
A couple nice lines from the ad "He was assassinated only one year before they were released." Well if he hadn't been assassinated they...
Pictures? Sounds like it might be a coin where the center piece was not properly centered in the hole of the ring when it was struck.
Here are the images of the C-2 Cringely was trying to link. The OP does appear to be a C-2 but cleaned. Note the matching "crumbling" around...
Linked computer bulletin boards were publicly available back in the seventies. I've been online since I started with Compuserve back in 1980. I...
Die deterioration, very similar to the same type of deterioration that causes the "ridge" often seen through the IGWT on Zincoln cents.
Yes, below the I and below the E.
Yep, the 71 and 72 proof sets were $5 from the mint. Oh and the $10 cost of the brown Ikes also included $1 for each one sold going to Eisenhower...
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