A couple of us have. I said it was a 26 D, someone else said they thought it lookedmore like a 1920, and after taking another look, they could be...
There are 187 including the plain and gripped edged 120 and 121. It is a challenging series. I've been working on it for 22 years and I've got...
A certificate of authenticity for an ALTERED coin???
Yes, it's called "Removed from aluminum encasement."
Simple, someone paid them a bundle to do it
Jim's method will also result in a stripped pink cent, if it does manage to get the crud off. Better would be a very long soak in olive oil using...
Definitely real dollar made by the US Mint, then taken by a promoter, placed in a metal ring, the ring is then stamped with the oath. They then...
My guess from this response is that you reported it to the wrong place. Did you report it to the site they have set up specificly for taking...
Both faces, both edges, doesn't matter. If it was really a 44D steel cent the whole thing would be strongly magnetic and it wouldn't be strong in...
No it is standard procedure (at one point they even had an oil mister that sprayed oil down onto the planchet bins (Michael Frantz, die setter...
My S-188 could use upgrading, if it didn'tcost an arm and a leg. So right now I'm having to make do with my dateless one. For the Chain cent I...
There are several sizes of S mintmark known, but not for that year. All of the 1885 S dimes came from the same die pair if I'm not mistaken.
Find one for mine and sell it to me cheap. :)
They had the capability to go a lot higher than that. Check out the melting point of nickel (2647 F) or platinum (3221 F). Heck even iron is...
A coin that rare doesn't HAVE to be in that great a condition to be in high demand.
Yes all of them. The presses need lubrication, the dies have a coating of oil to prevent rust and the planchets themselves are oiled so they will...
Except electronics solder melts around 400 degree F and gold solder around 1,700 degres F. Your solder suckers and solder wicks typically don't...
Snowden had a lot in common with that night watchman as he was not above restriking rare dates and pattern coins for sale or trade to collectors...
I have a full set except for the pattern 5 and 12 1/2 cent pieces. I also have the 1847 Cent.
For starters it does NOT take and act of Congress to stop minting a coin. If there is no demand and not requests for the coin from the Fed they...
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