Looks like corrosion.
It could just be an optical illusion, but die deterioration would result in a raised ridge around the inside of the rim. On the coin it LOOKS...
Depends on how you define smallest. As bqcoins mentioned the type I gold dollar is smaller in diameter, but the type II and III three cent silver...
Oh it does happen. Buy ten sets, cherry pick pulling out the best coins from each set to assemble as close to a 70 set as possible reassemble the...
It used to be very common back in the early days of the arcade video games. You couldn't pull the quarter back out as medamoraman mentioned, but...
I find them interesting and I would like to have a representative specimen but there is no way I could afford to collect them.
Numbers is close but not quite there. The term has probably been tied to the US Cent since the cent first appeared in 1793. In the post colonial...
Don't forget this US Mint The Dales, Oregon [IMG] [IMG] Authorized and the funds for construction appropriated in 1864 the Mint was built but...
My understanding was that much of the Hunts silver was paper leveraged, they were not taking delivery of the physical metal. They controlled it,...
It is impossible to say anything for sure without seeing at least a picture of the coin. I can think of at least five things that can cause what...
A large number of the early commemoratives were purchased by the general public not coin collectors. Many people carried them a pocket piece...
As frustating as that can be for those who are trying to keep numismatic books on the shelves, those Friends of the Library can be helpful for a...
If you are planning to go to the Smithsonian to see the National Collection you are going to be somewhat disappointed. The main exhibit was torn...
Not without passing special legislation to allow it. The 1964 - 67 dated coins could be coined in other years because of provisions in the...
No four months left to MAKE them. They can sell them to the bullion distributors as long as they have them on hand.
And the executive order didn't "steal" the gold. It was called in and the people were paid for it. At face value for the gold coins and gold...
The Old Fort Coin Club of Fort Wayne IN participates in the Central States Matching funds program for numismatic books. If we buy numismatic...
Several people have mentioned that the Coinage act of 1965 restored the Legal Tender status to the Trade dollar. For a long time that was what I...
My father gives out foreign coins, with identifications. They seem to be popular. He also gives them candy as well. They get the best of both...
The Judd book is good, but if you want more background, history, and even more listings I would highly recommend Andrew Pollock's U S Pattern...
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