LC - Large cent FE - Flying Eagle cent BN - Bronze (used when discussing 1864 cents they come as either CN or BN) VDB - Designers initials for...
Actually Trade dollars were legal tender here and DID circulate in the US. At least for awhile.
You aren't the only one. The description was poorly and unclearly written but I also figured he meant a roll of wheats with a 26 D cent and a...
The Guide book also lists 8 Reales of Spain/Spanish colonies, coins of the Kingdom of Hawaii, coins made for Bermuda, coins made for Ireland,...
If you mean on colonials, The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins has been out for awhile now. If he is doing one on the half cents...
OK ahearn, now you listen up, at least two posts in this thread have reported that not every coinstar offers the gift certificate option. You...
That appears to be a charm or talisman, not a coin. Sorry can't tell you any more than that.
OK this is not a mule, it is actually the Corresponding Society's token. It is a Conder token from Middlesex and is either a Middlesex 285 or...
It's pictures three and four that have me questioning it. Now what this looks like at first glance is a cracked planchet where that was a void in...
Fretboard, I'm sorry to say that I don't think your coin is a planchet error. I think it is post mint damage.
When he made his original post the link went to a 21 Peace. But after a few supportive comments he bought it and it disappeared off the website....
Disclaimer: This poster is a VERY anti-slab collector and his opinions tend to display his bias. They have good people, but don't count on it....
But that extra security is why the insurance rates for Registered mail are so low. If the item is worth more then $600 or $700 then Registered...
That can be a problem with any counterstamped coin. Someone can make up a similar stamp and stamp some more of them. But the problem is getting...
On the "friend" side of the argument, the coinstar machines have been the source of a lot of older coins, especially in the cents and nickels,...
Probably NOT a "Speak easy" as they would not really want to advertise their location. True speak easys were illegal establishments, you either...
I've NEVER had the postman leave a Registered packaged without my having to sign for it, but I have had it happen frequently with high value...
And if they DO update the card on the website, most of them don't realize that they have to get customer service to update the card on their...
Yes, it's the counterstamps. He was a Louisianna merchant during that era and he counterstamped the X over the ONE to raise the face value of the...
If I remember correctly Roger Burdette did find that they did use a small amount of zinc with the war nickels because it helped with the alloying...
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