Howdy capriglione3 - Welcome to the Forum !! The odds are strongly in favor of the coin being a replica, but without pictures there's not much...
When you say the S & T are larger than the rest I assume you mean larger than the other letters on the coin. If so, then there is a good chance...
They only mint one denomination at a time.
This practice was common in other countries as well. In fact, people used to purchase outright the right to strike coins and run the mint. The...
Wonderful site !! :thumb:
That's a pretty accurate statement. Usually they do it themselves, most of them are a 1 or 2 man operation. Another accurate statement...
Yup, it is :) Along with much, much more.
In this hobby, time spent learning before spending money is the way to go :secret: Otherwise you will just end up literally throwing your money...
If one were to take the time to go through the Red Book comparing denominations and dates you would find quite a few years when 1 or more...
I'd say MS62.
The club still exists, but the web site doesn't.
There are plenty of them right here on Coin Talk. Just do a search using the word acid - you'll find them. And you'll also find they look just...
It's exactly that consistentcy that tells you it has been in acid. The acid has eaten away all of the clad layer, it does this at the same rate...
I think you have a silver quarter that has been dipped in acid. See those cut marks, if that was a clad quarter you wouldn't see silver color down...
Nathan - Your story is certainly nothing new, it's happened to hundreds of others. The stories are all pretty much the same. I've even known...
As a matter of fact, it is quite a bit older than most states. Europeans began living in California in the 1500's.
Yes it would be and it is, but when you turn the coin to look at the other side - then it is facing left.
There was Aidan.
Some may consider it rare based on mintage only, but that doesn't always equate to valuable. There are plenty of coins out there with a mintage of...
Howdy bluebagger - Welcome to the Forum !! I'm going to hazard a guess that what you have there is dated 1752 and on the obverse it says -...
Separate names with a comma.
