The set could be considered an annual product offering as well depending on wheither you cnsider "annual product offerings" to mean those...
Actually the head changes get started in 1834 There are something like eight different head designs between 1834 and 1839. And here are 5...
ou found an OLD magicians coin were they just ground down the coins and glued them together instead of using a lathe to hollow out the cent and...
About the only time a die clash has value is if it is REALLY excessive, or if it is a clash of two mismatched dies.
I agree, it sounds like an Austrian 2 Heller piece (But most of those you see are 1896) A picture would be most helpful.
I just want to make one point. If you go back to any of those eras when you fel we had beautiful coins and read the contemporary opinions about...
No I don't consider them to be coins, just as I don't consider proofs to be coins. My definition of a coin (I don't know if I posted it earlier...
I love that one woman in their commercial "I sent them my diamond engagement ring from my first marriage. I would never believef i could get so...
Blast, I read something about that specific medal not too long ago but now I can't remember where it was. It may have been in the first book of...
The fractional parts ceased to be legal tender after 1809. The Spanish 8 reales were not legal tender between 1809 and 1843. At that time they...
Well what do you expect, he got it his way after all. Hmmm, I think I'd better check and see if my change jug is still on the counter. I...
Mantra when buying slabbed: "Assume nothing." There are fake slabs out there too. And I don't mean fly-by-night self slabbers or third tier...
When the coins arrive they are unpacked by a clerk who puts them into the in-house flips, types the description of the coin from the invoice into...
What you are seeing in those missing sections of the letters are the result of hub breaks. The lettering on the hub used to create the dies has...
Ok, I can see how it occured now. Let's assume the obv die is the hammer die. A coin is struck and remains in the coining chamber. A...
The Mint has made no announcements about what sets or how the copper cents will be sold. Anything said about them at this time is just...
Then get the Redbook and READ it. Especially the material in the front. The prices you can pretty much ignore completely but everything else is...
It is also possible that the encasement die was intended for a smaller coin than a five cent piece which would explain the flattening most of the...
He didn't ask what it would cost or what he could sell it for, he asked what the silver value would be. It's one oz of silver and when silver is...
Maybe two of them could carry it together. They could grip it by the husk.
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