Same thing happened with government currency in 1964. The government had issued many more silver certificates than they actually had silver...
It used to be that the mint and then later the Fed did not send the bags of coins to private companies for rolling. The banks did their own...
Once again, how can you tell for sure that it is brass, and once again color is NOT an acceptable answer. Brass can have a WIDE range of colors...
Nope, the only law along these lines are in the Constitution which forbids the states (But not businesses or private citizens) from creating...
As someone who collects the different holder varieties that the grading services have produced, I won't call any other collector weird for what...
???? Something doesn't make sense with that 1802. It appears to have a raised flat border around the edge of the coin with rounded denticals...
As Mikediamond says, a specific gravity test can tell a high zinc brass from a low tin french bronze like that used on Lincoln cents. But it...
Justafarmer, on a pre 1909 US coin never use the date to decide if a coin is a doubled die. Before 1909 the date was added by hand so you can...
It definitely matches everything that can be told from a picture and the other information given for a cent struck on dime planchet. (I'm 99%+...
Do not confuse strike doubling with double striking. They are two totally different things. Your #3 and #6 are basicly the same thing. A...
Zero. All current dated dies and hubs are destroyed at the end of the year. (Reverses that don't have a date can be held over for use the...
Looks like die deterioration.
I asked him the same question on another forum where he announced his discovery. If I remember it is a 1906 and to me it looks like a cleaned...
< Large Cents have a small collector base, there just isn't enough coins for collectors to collect. > There aren't enough coins available for a...
Crystalk, go back and look at my answer again. You'll see that I specificly excluded the Standing Liberty quarter from my comments. I know the...
It's not just you and it seems to be widespread. I tried the site you had and failed, I tried their royalmint.gov.uk site and failed. I did get...
Why did you drop out of EAC?
Cartwheel pennys and two pence were made by Matthew Boulton in 1797 under contract for the Crown.
Have you tried "Counterstamped Coins" by Brunk? Of course it isn't complete and probably never will be, but I think it is the closest to what you...
Oh yes!! I've been a member of EAC since 1982 and I've collected large cents since 1985. I always liked the die varieties but I started just...
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