The Pitman Act melted the silver dollars to obtain silver to sell to Great Britain for a dollar an oz so they could use it for supporting the...
Part of it may just be the picture. You notice in the second picture with the blank holes the green is not as bright. I never trust colors in...
ae is a latin abbreviation for copper. av or au is gold, ar is silver It refers to the design of the piece. The design is cataloged as #311 in...
I have to admit I grew up in the 60's and 70's and I've never heard of any special meaning to 420 either. Did some googling, looks like it...
Oh I forgot to mention that you need to be very careful, those old coppers can be quite infectious. If you don't want to take the risk of...
I have a set of pictures of fake 1804 cents in slabs, one from NGC and one from PCGS. I own a Straits Settlements piece in an ANACS slab that has...
Philadelphia without a doubt. Large cents from Denver are very rare.
1806 C-1 small 6 stemless R-1 Probably the second most common variety of the year but popular because of the stemless wreath which makes it a...
Roller marks aren't from a transport mechanism they are from the heavy rollers that roll out the ingots into strip and reduce it down in thickness...
From what I am seeing they are NOT well struck. Full brockage piece typically are very well struck because of the double thickness of the metal...
It is either a N-5 or N-15 I can't tell which for sure. N-5 is an R-1 variety, N-15 is an R-4. It definitely isn't DWH #1838. DWH #1838 is a...
OK I didn't pay attention to the obverse because he said it was more visible on the reverse. I agree the marks on the obverse and those running...
Agreed but I don't see the marks being on the devices. Yes they can, although you might not call them "polishing" marks. I have seen plenty of...
At that weight if it was a real dime blank it should have the clad layers visible. Since it doesn't it is almost certainly NOT a dime blank. (A...
You can buy a set of hardened steel number and letter punches for under $20.
It does appear to have a finned rim on the left side, but that doesn't really add any value either. So far none of the pictures have been close...
I think it's just you. There has always been a lot of this smash and grab type of robbery going on Getting brazen? Not really, this has been...
I would. Thieves have been using this exact method to rob dealers coming home from shows for over 50 years. Dealer stops parks their car close...
Every time I have registered at an auction house for the first time (Mail bidding) they have requested either references or a deposit equal to a...
When I started collecting it was a "given" that coins almost always toned on just one side and two sided toned coins with similar toning on both...
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