As a matter of fact I already did. I spoke to the Chairman of the committee this past Sat. and voiced my preference. Let's just say it involved a...
Picky, picky, picky :D They were US dollars of course - 2 Morgans & 1 Peace ;)
It is struck in .9170 silver with a weight of 13.5440 gm - ASW .3994 oz. and is approx 32 mm in diameter. As for what it cost - I gave three...
Well done Ian !! Out of - oh I'll guess 50 or 60 collectors who have looked at pics of this coin - YOU are the first !! I was beginning to lose...
Thanks Art, I'm a workin on it ;)
Ya see Roy - they aint ALL tarnished :D :D
LOL !! Somehow I knew you'd see it that way :D
You're welcome ;)
Yes - that is exactly what I am saying. It's quite easy to do actually - novelty companies make them by the thousands and sell them as magicians...
And before somebody thinks I've gone off the deep end and forsaken gold in favor of silver :rolleyes: - here's another of my favorite ducat...
This one is for those folks ( yeah I'm talkin to you Roy :D ) who prefer their coins to have that original white, mint luster. You know the kind...
Seems like a dang shame that I haven't posted any coin pics in almost a month. So I reckon it's time I did. And it's been even longer since I...
About the only coins ever assigned an MS69 or 70 grade are the American Silver & Gold Eagles - and modern commems. That's it. I have yet to ever...
Read the answer I provided here - LINK
I would say you have a "manufactured " coin there. Look at the amount of wear on the obverse. Now look at the amount of wear on the reverse -...
Actually Penny - you posted it in the Open Forum. I moved it here for you. Even though the item is free - it was bending the Open Forum rules of 1...
It's kinda hard to tell for sure with the '81 at times because the bottom serif of the S often looks like it has the knob. But both upper and...
Let me start this off by saying that I am not nor have ever been, nor will I ever be a coin dealer. But I have for the past 44 years devoted a...
I might suspect that what you are asking about is not even a coin, let alone an ancient coin. I once read a similiar question elsewhere - if...
Krause only goes back to 1600 - that leaves many coins out; too many in my opinion. The bible, in this case, is Gold Coins of the World - From...
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