Not yet but there will be. The S mint bullion coin does not have a mintmark, but the burnished Unc S mint in the 25th anniversary set WILL have...
Those marks are from being hit by the reeded edge of another coin, probably while in the bag.
If the coins were in PVC and not acetone rinsed before being put into the airtites there could be a problem.
Who ever said there was a shortage. Even with the government actively withdrawing them the public still pulled and held the loins share of them.
Not diamond but there is a set of German notgeld that IS made of carbon. (Compressed powdered coal)
I know the government did actively withdraw the steel cents from circulation (about 1/10 of the total struck) but I can't say for sure if they...
My understanding is that some of the defendants named in the PCGS claims have filed counterclaims for defamation. Found a reference, three of the...
They did have a spy in the project. Klaus Fuchs
Almost all US coins ( except the cent) had their mintmarks on the reverse until 1968
Even high value items left in plain sight? You would probably find the company declining to pay off on the grounds of negligence. In your trunk...
But I don't believe that either of these occur naturally so you would have to have the knowledge of ore processing to get the component metals...
One of the main form of replicas in those 18th and 19th century collections were the electrotypes. And the main reason they would be made as...
I don't know about desilvering pieces, but I have been running some figures and it is about at the point where deplating these gold plated state...
Another reason it was probably considered precious was that it was probably one of the first metals discovered. Most metals are chemically active...
There was one very similar to this that was used as a zipper pull on a clothing line in the 1970's. It was also used as a bangle on costume...
Yes using reverse electroplating.
Yes you did, good for you. Now what if something unexpected happened to you tomorrow? (Accidents do happen, people do die from heart attacks or...
I'm aware of MMNS but not MNS. That also does not look like the MMNS slabs I have seen. The MMNS stickers I have seen have MMNS on them not MNS....
I once wrote an article looking at it from the other point of view, "Where are all these coins coming from". My point was that it was so...
Does it have a big 1 in the center with OPA above it and RED POINT below? Same thing on both side and a small letter on either side of the 1?
Separate names with a comma.
