I may be a bit of a wet blanket on this but I wouldn't travel for three hours to get to a 36 table show. I don't know where you live but I would...
Stresses induced in the die body during the hardening process can cause the die to possibly crack as soon as it is put into use or to even crack...
Aluminum is more expensive but you can make about three times as many cents from a pound of aluminum than you can from a pound of zinc. That...
I have no idea what Heritage is talking about on the small size note and micro/macro plate numbers. I know there are mule small size notes but I...
Another problem is the NGC images are scans of the coins in the slab, not photos of the coin before it was slabbed and the scans are often not of...
Yes it means the same thing in paper money, two printing plate designs that were not intended to be used together. And some mule coins are not...
I have my doubts. I've never seen or heard of anything like that before. As HT said there was a later token good for 1 pelt (MB stands for "Made...
Here's a nice one from awhile back [IMG][IMG] And here's the holder [IMG] In this case though, the coin is fake, but the holder is...
Actually that was part of the "crime of 1873", the right to bring silver to the mint and have it coined into money was removed by the act. After...
As for the 6 point prediction, change PCGS to NGC and that has already happened.
What I fin amazing is all the publicity over these teeny tiny errors on the LP2 cents, and almost no commentary on the one big doubled die on the...
No, you can deface or destroy the coinage all you want as long as you don't do it with fraudulent intent. Currency is another matter though....
Freezing is the way to go because of the big differences in the rates of thermal expansion. Also the plastic becomes brittle at low temperatures....
Because the first was made with the small head which was only used in 1834 and the second die was made with the large head which was used for part...
#1 die crack #2 die crack #3 2000 Wide AM #4 Machine doubling damage #5 & 6 die deterioration doubling.
This is the cent side of a cent/dime magicians coin. Since the inside is silvery it was done with a copper plated zinc cent, and even after the...
The sets being sold on ebay have probably already been picked over. The top quality pieces wereb removed for grading and then the leftovers...
I see some behind the head that I think are die polish but I would tend to concur with Just Coins on this one. Most of what I am seeing look to...
I wasn't considering using the "new" commemorative halves as dollars, I was thinking more along the lines of the 2.7 billion clad Kennedys out...
You would think that but don't some guides still list the 1955 Bugs Bunny half dollar as well? And that is just a die clash. It could even come...
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