Yep there sure was, the 1857 one cent piece.
Possibly but the President dollars were authorized over a year before the boxes were made so they had to know they were coming.
May all of your rarieties turn out to have come from China. :D
I found a copy of Wexler on abebooks for $66.67...
1955 "shift cent" is an obsolete term once used to describe the 1955 DDO cent. It was common back int he 1950's and early 60 because most people...
First one looks like acid Second one looks either like it was beaten or possibly ground down. Weight might help determine which Third one looks...
You want a silver set? Buy two silver quarter proof sets, open them up swap, two of the quarters, and snap the sets closed again. Now you have...
My guess is that they will eventually find 1914/3-D's as well since I suspect this is caused by an overdated working hub.
OK, I think I've got it. Assumption: The device that applies the security edge is similar to a Castaning machine using two die faces each of...
Off-topic now but what else for the time period would be non-metallic? Glass, ceramic, or porcelain. And Bakelite was not the first plastic,...
No, I think NGC is more likely. They are the ones who slab brown Ikes and hard pack CC dollars still in the government holders, and recently they...
Horse power for the rolling mill, the screw presses were run by human muscle power to swing the lever arm of the screw. (Horse power for the...
Lettered edge half cent. He said it is roughly the size of a 1730 farthing Our large cent was roughy the size and weight and value of a British...
As a date 1805 is common, and two of the four varieties are common, but it is NOT common in higher grades (AU and up. XF's a fairly tough too.)
According to the Post Office website and international rates links etc found through Avi400's post. In Israel coins are restricted to Registered...
Looks like the obv of S-41 to me. Which obverse do you think it is CappedBustDimes? And while I will agree there are a couple of photo errors in...
Excuse me while I go beat my head against the wall and cry. Ok, I'm back. No, I gotta go cry some more....
Uh, yes. Try 1802/0 half cent or 1820/19 O-101 half dollar. Those come the closest, and when you go to overdates outside the US they can become...
You are correct sir, I was wrong on that point.. I was working from memory and I thought the SG of Mercury was 11.5 OK so the mercury layer as...
It is very unlikely that quarter contains any silver. It is too light to even be coppernickel. It is probably a tin and/or zinc alloy. If it...
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