Very nice. The color may reflect a brassier mix in the alloy. With the end of the one cent in commerce, somebody may have dumped a long-held...
If it's genuine, as mentioned above, it's Alexander the Great, but not likely during his lifetime. These continued to be minted in various places...
Anything is collectible if you want to collect it. If you want to know if there will be a future market above face value, that is another...
Based on probabilities, I would guess it is a copy made for jewelry, just as you have it. It might have been considered legal because it doesn't...
...at the price I sold them for.
I hope you weren't out too much, or better yet, that you can get a refund.
Assuming both are genuine, I'd go for the CB quarter, because I don't have one and I think they are more interesting from a historical standpoint....
The problem with $100 notes is that they are so expensive at face. Other than investment bullion, I've very seldom bought any coin or bill that...
I didn't say it couldn't or didn't happen, only that it's hard to imagine. It happens frequently on smaller blocks of text, but that is a lot of...
It's hard to imagine how grease or anything could completely fill the letters that are missing and everything else be so sharp. It's also hard to...
There are coins that have foreign matter (dirt, grease, etc) that can be cleaned, but this is best left to an expert or at least someone with...
I don't know, but I'm commenting so I can see what experts say.
If I had a genuine 1893-S that I was going to sell, I would go to the expense of having it certified and sell it on something like Great...
Are you sure this is what it means? I figure with the complexities of anything to do with the government these days it means the obverse was...
Thanks! I also found this information: Small Size Silver Certificates And Experimental Notes | PMG
It's easily worth $100, unless you hang onto it and inflation eats at it.
Inform my ignorance here, please. Two of the notes say "Experimental." (R and S) What does that mean? Why the R and S?
Arados, with turreted head of Tyche/Nike standing, AΡAΔIΩN to right. Compare several similar on Arados, Phoenicia, ancient coins index with...
In the photo the roughness seems to extend beyond the edge. Is it possible the roughness is actually something attached? For example, perhaps it...
You are assuming tape would have been applied before any toning had already occurred. I would think previous toning would not be removed by tape.
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