Yes I'll buy one, and I don't even collect the series.
Looks like a lamination to me.
No the Craine Paper Co, which makes the currency paper, is located in Teddy Kennedy's district and they are a large employer and probably campaign...
Well I'll tell you this for starters, it isn't an 1800/1798. That coin has type II hair which eliminates 190, 191, NC-5 and NC-6. The "berry" is...
There's not that much difference in the thickness of a nickel and a half dollar so I don't have much of a problem over the strength of the strike....
Another thing about the 57 to 59 nickels is that for some reason they often come with a dark coloration. In MS they are sometimes referred to as...
The US mint has made coins for some 60 countries since 1875. Even though they are made here they are still considered foreign coins and are not...
Not if the edge is smooth, the rim missing, and smaller in diameter/circumference. Its had its edge ground off. If it was just acid the reeded...
Something to remember, unless they are specialists in errors or die varieties most coin dealers know little or nothing about errors and a LOT of...
Act of Feb 1857 removed the legal tender status in the United States from all foreign coins. Unless you can point out a later legislation that...
Photograde doesn't cover uncirculated coins because as they said in the 1970 edition is isn't really possible to show the lack of wear in...
Toad, First there is a problem with the dictionary definition. Mints do not produce paper currency. Second Silver is heavier than Nickel not...
The Germans counterfeited significant amounts of British pounds (Operation Andrews and Operation Bernard) and they were gearing up to produce US...
What do you think of such an operation as? I see it as an unofficial or unauthorized mint. Because a Mint is a place at which coins are made....
What makes you think those were legal tender here? They were made here, but not legal tender here.
I would agree with that. I think this may be a first as well, the first US coin struck for circulation with a negro on it. There have been...
True but the pictures are bad. There could be traces but they aren't visible. You would have to see better pictures or the coin in hand. I...
It looks real to me, but cleaned and it is not Unc.
I haven't checked out the actual offer from the mint but something to understand is the terminology the Mint uses for the coins they produce....
Well none of the designs really strike my fancy, but if I had to vote for one of them it would have to be Benjamin Banneker since he is the only...
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