A 3 inch diameter coin of the SAME thickness as the silver eagle would weigh 3.63 oz. So twice the thickness would weigh 7.26 oz. They are only...
His wkipedia link did not work because he used spaces instead of underlines after Threepence and British. The correct link should have been...
Very true because they are frequently wrong.
Sounds like nonsense. Before 1836 they didn't use a collar, and after 1836 thee is no way they would be using a collar so worn that the coin...
I think you are confusing this with the Battle of New Orleans from the War of 1812 where Andrew Jackson defeated the British in a battle several...
Possibly an added MM that fell off.
The mint typically starts striking the coming years coins late in the year. Sometimes a few of these coins will accidentally slip out in bags of...
I'm just about at the tail end of the baby boomers and I barely remember silver coins in circulation, and I can't say I remember pre 1947 coins....
I think the key is exactly what is he looking at in the Charleton. Is it listing dollars and medals together, or is it listing dollar coins with...
Nice enough, looks lightly cleaned and PF-55. Appears to have very slight wear especially on reverse.
I get roughly the same answers as jcz1 If the current ASE is 2.98 mm thick a 3 inch 5 oz coins would be between 4.13 and 4.23 mm thick (3/16...
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Forget the time capsule, what you and is just cash and constant careful investing. If you can average 5% per year you'll end up with $8 million,...
What I have done in similar situations is to offer to examine the coins and tell them what an honest dealer would most likely give for them, but I...
31 mg is just about 1/1000 of an oz so at 11 cents that would make gold $110 an oz. Methinks someone misplaced a decimal point. Try $1.10 worth...
Out of curiosity, did they show any that were different numbers or were they "1 of 1500"? The reason I ask is because PCGS did something similar...
Liberty Coin got in trouble over their gold and silver "coins', the paper warehouse receipts were not an issue and as far as I can tell do not...
The elimination of the large cent and the introduction of th small cent in 1857. Before that time there were almost no collectors in the US, but...
Planchet striations from worn rollers combined with a poor strike that failed to fully fill the recesses of the die. Not at all unusual, and...
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