The problem with mysteries like this is that often the only way to actually identify where they came from (were used) is to check the city...
Four 1910 PR-64 Lincolns at one show?
Oh that's good, vinyl free vinyl. I think what they mean is plasticizer free vinyl. Of course the problem is when you leave the plasticizer out...
I can't say for sure but most likely it was decided in Washington not strike any silver dollars in New Orleans in 1861 (After all they didn't need...
The broken S is the result of a broken hub, probably a broken working hub. On the hub everything is raised just as on a coin. If part of the...
The "glaring holes" he mentioned were in the album, not the coins. Nothing jumps out at me that would say fake.
Yep those are spade guinea tokens. Like I said there are over a thousand varieties.
Larger pictures and what does the other side look like?
It is now possible to get every year of US Half cent from the Chinese factories. If you know the eraly coppers it isn't too hard to identify them...
That's what I always assumed. There were a LOT of 50 dollar gold slugs out west, produced from the late 1840's through the mid 1850's
I'm with Marshall, it looks like it has a good chance of being real.
Amazing, I've seen 1845 cents turned into 1815's and 1944-D cents and a few other 1940's cents altered into scarce teens, but I've never seen a...
I don't understand where yout "obverse 8" is coming from? I see no problems in the Holmes sale catalog between his early and mid state 221's. I...
1. No 2. Yes 3. No 4. No Their description is the same as the description was for at least a few years back before 2005. If you go back...
Probably done by a soldier or sailor and contemporary to the time of issue. It looks well done and the fact that it was never finished probably...
I'm sorry you got taken but I really don't see anything wrong or actionable in that auction. Yes there is probably some real hype in the...
As to the Central States question, I will probably attend Central States, and I will attend CICF. Not sure yet about ANA. (Three major shows in...
Yeah, should be interesting, How do thy get those towers and those cables to hold that cloud bank in place. :)
Maybe, what can you tell me about them? How old, any history, scarcity, any varieties, references, price range? I will tell you that I don't...
I had several pieces I was interested in but I couldn't be there in person and I couldn't be at the computer during the auction to do my bidding...
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