No they were not. The original bill in 1856 as proposed in the Senate did give them a limited legal tender status to the amount of 10 cents, but...
Well that's kind of hard to say considering they don't bother to tell us what the set is. But my guess is it is an 1839 proof set containing the...
And like the myth that the rattler, OGH and no line fattie NGC slabs being near upgrade locks because of conservative grading, the idea that all...
Early cents were distributed in kegs, sometimes the same kegs the planchets arrived in. I have also seen references to the Columbian exposition...
N-2 R-1 refers to the die variety and the rarity of that variety. There are 7 die varieties in 1834 and they are referenced by Newcomb numbers or...
MS-65 1881-S Morgan dollars in 1989 at nearly $1,000 each. At the time investors thought that was reasonable and they would have seen today's...
Is it a hairline scratch or possibly a staple scratch? A hairline scratch might get a pass, a staple scratch will get details for damage.
[ATTACH] Click to get a larger image. The picture does not do the coin justice.
I often find "inflation calculators" somewhat questionable. I look at it this way, for a large portion of the time from at least the mid 1800's up...
Yes early 60's proof sets were scrapped.
Not just world coins, variety collectors have known for a long time that you can't trust their attributions. You buy something attributed by them...
It is a small 8, N-2 R-1
Yes, just about everyone who has submitted coins for the past 33 years.
Impossible to answer since the the small white holders span a time range of 16 years and two changes of ownership. In general though the grading...
I think what areich means is that a lot of people think that since the scale is digital it has to be right, or what ever results they get must be...
Usually close to the diameter of the cent. And it tends to expand slightly more in the center layer than the outer ones. Because the...
I have an old Becker analytical balance I picked up off of eBay for $50. Precision down to .0001 grams
I will be there both Friday and Saturday.
Yeah not bad. Not great, just five percent per annum with inflation around three percent, but not bad. And of course all of it depended on gold...
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