Look for The Reeded Edge ;)
Coin collecting has been around as long as coins have. The first book ever printed on coin collecting came out shortly after the Gutenberg Bible....
To be honest, you can't tell based on those pics. As was said, the coin does have hairlines and thta can be indicative of cleaning but it could...
Howdy Karl - my estimates of grade - 1858 cent - VF details, damaged by corrosion and harshly cleaned - net F 1604 6 pence - Poor 1903...
You are more than welcome Al ;)
Warning for dial-uppers - big pics. Used to be one of my favorites - obverse reverse Taken with a scanner by the way ;)
Yeah ya could, but not at the US Mint. The mint was the storehouse for the nations gold & silver supply. Getting to the building was tougher than...
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Yeah, me too :D Yeah, I have the old issues. I want to say it was in the series of articles done by Burdette on Proofs but can't swear to it....
That's what you have with the CONECA list. It is the most up to date list there is.
Look at the title now.
You do realize that you would have to destroy the building to get the cornerstone out ?? And since it was a US Mint - that would have been rather...
Not at all, you are correct it is descended from that. As was the cap given to the freed slaves.
clad - from everything I have always read this is not true. There was even a recent article in Coin World that contradicts this. Can you elaborate ?
My point is that the most common reason there is for counterfeiting coins is to be able to spend them as currency. Think about it - the US Mint...
They confiscated about 3 million of them about 2 years ago - Sackies.
Try this thread - HERE
It's not that I am a purist - far from it. But consider this - as I said earlier the most common reason that someone uses Nic-A-Date is so they...
Admitedly it is a fine line to walk and one easy to cross over. Also one hard to judge when it is crossed. I'll let stand what is, but let's be...
Just about everbody does actually.
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