Maybe two sets, the ones who went to war and the ones who stayed home :) Seriously this could be a very nice set, and since none of the coins are...
While they were made from recycled shell casings, I don't believe they were made JUST from recycled casings. The casings probably just made up...
The picture of the reverse instantly nails it as a very late stage of C-6 This variety is often collected by die stage and there are somewhere...
It was proposed for the 50th anniversary of the founding of NASA in 2008. We got the 2008 Bald Eagle and I don't believe they filled the second...
I think you are confusing it with the 1870-S half dime. That was the "story" about how it was discovered. (How come I never find Mint State half...
Mine aren't very nice but I have three of the four chain cent varieties and one of the wreath cents. I don't expect to ever own a liberty cap but...
The 1856 was a pattern. The design was not adopted until February 1857. The 1856 is so much more expensive than the rarer 1854 and 1855 flying...
I'm old school, I use cotton lined 2X2 paper envelopes.
Very nice. I've found a lot of rarer pieces unattributed but I've never found an S-171 in the wild. That obv cud just makes it too identifiable....
On the Barber reverse ONE DIME is slightly smaller making it further away from the wreath (specifically look at the distance of the E in ONE from...
The NGC guarantee specifically exempts attributions from the guarantee. PCGS specifically includes attributions but has the same mechanical error...
You haven't met me yet. I have a set of them but the only reason I put it together was because I already had built sets of Jeffersons, V nickels,...
I don't see much coming of it considering it doesn't look as good as their old multi-coin holders which they never promoted and alternated back...
I did correct that in a later post.
The other one has a little more detail than yours but if I was offered either of them at the same price my pick, I'd take your coin.
More likely it was saved from the annual Trial of the Pyx assay or an officer at the Carson City Mint. The coin isn't a pattern and the only...
The op coin is a PCGS MS-62 with a CAC sticker. The coin Detecto posted is clearly in an NGC slab, but do you notice there is no picture of the...
There are over 60 different fourth tier slabbing services.
Of course we have better plastics today.
To repeat what gbroke said "It appears to be some dude holding a damaged (grinded) cent above a camera." If you don't like "ground" would you...
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