Wow!
I hope the thieves get fully prosecuted and not just a slap on their wrists. I am also glad they tried to get top dollar at a coin show instead...
As mentioned above, the picture is poor quality. EBay seems to have chosen to be part of a wholesale scam, and I suspect they know and approve...
Mathematically there would have to be duplicates, but I would be disappointed (but not surprised) to find they were almost all two dates. Twenty...
Soooo close.
Multiple strikes. Again and again.
I am certainly no expert, especially when it comes to distinguishing who made 1861-O haves. From what I have read, these are distinguished by die...
I'm ignorant here. What does this mean?
The second T in TRUST also shows doubling. I really like the coin! As for why it went 125 years without being reported, that's easy. Few of...
MS65, not FBL. I'm not a fan of toning of any sort. If it didn't come from the mint that way, it's just a form of environmental damage, whether...
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I love your pennies! And I love bargain bins! This is not my best Victoria penny, but it is one I like because I found it in circulation while a...
Very nice! I particularly like the encased stamp. I've had a fondness for fractionals since my pre-teens (early 1960s) when I purchased a 3-cent...
Sure gets your attention!
I'm getting to be more and more "an ancient guy," and not just that I own a few ancient coins. :)
I wonder how many counterfeits are so perfect no one will ever discover they are fake. The Henning nickel was so close. What if he or someone...
I understand the ratio is the same, but the absolute weight in your pocket is not, which is why I dump most change in a basket. A nickel, a...
One of the problems with buying fakes for study is that while the genuine coin will have only a few variables, things like weight tolerances and...
Of course the end of circulation for halves came over a period of years, but I think the time differed by region. My dad was a small town banker...
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