Actually they did because when people tried to spend them or deposit them at the bank the Canadian government at least initially refused to redeem...
I, on the other hand, came from a school system that never taught about them. (I know about them because I am mainly self taught.) Not because...
I can't convince the mint to sell me any Liberty cap or draped bust large cents. What would you suggest. :)
I wouldn't say professional, I would say advanced. Older coins and slab collector (But just the slabs, not the coins in them.) Hobby collector...
I would say no. Notice on the reverse that the surfaces appear to be rough and porous, especially toward the center of the coin. On a genuine...
Notice the part of the definition that says it is of larger than normal diameter. They are of larger than normal diameter because it is struck...
It's called a partial collar strike. Also called a railroad rim due to its appearance being similar to the wheel on a train car.
All of the above.
But as I said they don't stock metals, plus they would still have to pay for the blanks and strip they've already contracted for at the high metal...
I'm sure they didn't mean for it to but the way the statute is written it COULD be stretched to that ridiculous extreme unless "deface" is defined...
Appears to be a mis-aligned die. The obv is off but notice the reverse isn't really. One way to tell for sure is, does the coin have a reeded...
Isaiah, he hasn't been here for four years so he probably doesn't care that he hasn't gotten any more answers. Second you are identifying his...
Looks like it has spent a lot of time in vending machines etc. It isn't the result of soaking in acid because an acid coin would still show the...
Isaiah is joking. He suggested SGS because they tend to slab everything 68, 69, or 70. Even coins that have obvious circulation.
The mint doesn't buy the physical metals, they contract with suppliers a year or more in advance for them to supply blanks or strip at a set...
It looks good to me from what I can see in the pictures. Two nearly perfectly centered passes through the edge lettering mill.
Dip steel into a coppersulfate solution and the copper will plate out onto the steel. I don't know if it would onto the zinc though so you may...
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