I think the only Nazi "Treasure" that has ever been recovered from Lake Toplitz has been millions of pounds in Operation Bernard counterfeit...
I don't like #3.
The motto came about because of the Civil War. Typically during times of war religious fervor tend to rise with increasing calls for prayer,...
I don't see anything wrong, and I haven't seen a fake of that slab generation before. That generation lasted a little over three years from Nov...
Some of the original marketers said they were going to donate a portion of the proceeds, others did not. And even those that did never said what...
One thing no one has asked. Does your friend really really know coins? (I'm considering the possibility that the friend is the brains and the OP...
Yeah, I compared it to an O-113 on Heritage and it does match.
There is no real "relationship. Grading is an art not a science and in the high end Mint State grades it is all a lot of inconsistant subjective...
I'm also coming up with LM-1. It is definitely a large 5C. It can't be LM-5 because the end of the stem is over the center of the C and not...
The 333 could be a serial number or it could be the fineness.
The "They are taking In God We Trust off our coins" emails started back in 2006 after the Presidential dollar act was passed and the first...
Just off the top of my head the only coins I would have an ethical problem collecting would be stolen coins. Treehugger what do you collect?...
The BEP who engraves the plates and prints the currency DOES have to follow Congressional mandates. Most of the talk about Godless coins is from...
A very interesting piece. The reverse doesn't match anything. Follow along with me a moment here. The right edge of the motto scroll is under...
The 2009 are typically referred to as LP1 through LP4 (Those were the Mint codes for the roll sets of each design.) and the 2010 and later are LSC...
You can always use them for poker chips. Big heavy and the pot LOOKS impressive.
The owner of that mutilated piece has been flogging it for over two years now. He used to list it himself and now he apparently has it out on...
I do believe that the often repeated comment that if it doesn't have an actual denomination (Dolllar Doll, or even just D) on it it is not real is...
Un fortunately there probably isn't a whole lot he can do about it other than chalk it up to an expensive lesson in experience.
All die blanks are convex before hubbing, and all dies are also slightly convex when they are put into use. What makes this coin different is...
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