This one would be interesting to see in person but I may have an answer. The inner heptagon is NOT misaligned. Notice the points of the inner...
And to answer your question about the counterfeit, it was a 1969 Philadelphia doubled die obv.
Copper and zinc makes it brass, different proportions and other added metals make it different types of brass.
Much speculation is that most of them came out of the estate of Eva Adams who was Director of the Mint in 1964.
Several of the Denver mint employees who were there at the time have been interviewed. The mintage was pretty close to 322,394 pieces struck. If...
At their high the 50-D rolls topped out at a little over $1000 a roll.
He did have the 1913 V nickel, in fact he had the finest of the five pieces. At one time he also had a 1933 double eagle. He owned the Stickney...
That's not he "missing" key. The missing ones are the 1873-S no arrows half dollar and standard silver dollar. They made 5,000 or the halves and...
It looks to me like a 2 reales not an 8 reales. I believe the denomination is on the reverse at 10:00, 2R.
And some people by them so they can support the organization. Would they be as likely to buy the coin in order to simply give the government more...
I find no reference for any struck in copper nickel after 2003. I find no reference to any struck in stainless steel, but beginning in 2001 they...
Bingo! During the first squeeze, while this coin received the reversed impression of the other coin, it also transferred ITS image to the other...
Worn dies
Well if the edge die is chipped every planchet it marks will be the same until they pull that die.
Because when the second design came out everyone thought the first design would be recalled and would become rare so EVERYONE started hoarding all...
I must have counted those three or four times, and every time I counted that E as a star.
They didn't because they had the US Mint producing paper currency.
Do you think they would leave those comments there? Or do you think they would delete them? And he is telling the truth, they will probably...
These coins will tone if you just look at them wrong so yeah they will probably tone in the album.
If the other one ever shows up maybe we will find out. It was 1986 or 1987 and it was bid at auction up to $8 million, ($9.2 million with the...
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