That could get confusing until you realize that when Britain switched to the decimal system the 12 pence shilling (bob) became the 5 new pence....
There is also just the chance that the person is enthusiastic about coins and when he enthuses he enthuses. I know I have that fault in myself....
Well it looks like the copyright in the lower left corner says 1966.
Not once he got done with the "tarnish removal" so you could see the mintmark area well.
Don't have US pennies but I do have a 1787 Fugio and some 1793 cents (3 chain, 1 wreath)
How old were you? I was 11 (Hence the reason I didn't have more money to buy more of them.)
These are the 1798 book by James Conder that has been taken from an open source scanning site (quite possibly Google books which does have a...
I don't think I was being cruel. He asked how it could happen and I gave the most likely answer. Im not saying that I did it, just that it was...
What good would cranking out more do and how would that promote the new coins if the Fed still has plenty on hand and so doesn't order or...
I got one as part of the Mixed CC group, a very nice 1881 CC with a little bit of bag toning on the reverse. Not bad for $15.
Half of a magic coin or a two headed novelty piece. If a clad layer fell off after striking you would still be able to see a shadowy image of the...
I thought they were......last year!
Been used as jewelery. It has had a loop or something removed and the edge has been crudely re-reeded where it was removed.
I've got a new set of punches and I'm itching to try them out. What can I use them on? Oh I know! (fishes a wheat cent out of his pocket) WHAM!...
There has been only one complete book on pricing for these tokens and that was a book by Schwer. That book was from 1983 though and prices have...
Of course there is no proof that Brown struck them or walked out with them. All you can truly say is that he ended up with them in 1919. He was...
Modern fantasy.
I have been at coin auctions where some of the lots were auctioned in the Dutch auction fashion. I'm not really sure I would call what was...
Graded yes, put in holders yes, slabbed or encapsulated NO. The current holders are not sealed and the coins can be removed from them and put...
They will be having a ceremony, but I'm not finding anything official about it being the release of the cents or the first day of issue....
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