Isn't it clever how the mint does that these days?
Nope. It's half of the "Half Dollar Set" . One clad Apollo 11 in proof and one clad Kennedy in reverse proof (a Ydennek Flah). Price hasn't been...
Add some laser frosting, make it higher-relief or whatever... it's still a reverse proof to me. But I'm an old, cynical curmudgeon.
That's a good'un!
The Barber design doesn't get a lot of love from the numismatic community but they were a very well-executed design from a technical standpoint -...
I may, I'm not sure. The Apollo 11 coins will easily sell out, so barring any weird errors or varieties, none of them will command much of a...
Are there any scholarly studies on coinage in Colonial America?
That's not the U.S. Mint - govmint.com is a private company. You want https://catalog.usmint.gov/coin-programs/american-innovation-dollar-coins/...
Thanks for posting, I wasn't familiar with short snorters. I'm always grateful when I learn something new at my age. They're really cool!
This should give us all an idea... [ATTACH]
Grease filled die?
Thanks! I was actually pretty close :)
That's a great token - got me wanting one. But I have a serious question: How do you pronounce"Feuchtwanger"?
Good question. All I could find on-line was a mention in a Coin World article calling it a "privy mark". "Above the signature in two lines...
Yes, from the linked article: Like the 3-inch coin, the 1.5-inch dollar is composed of .999 fine silver, the first commemorative silver dollar...
Reading an article this morning on the difficulty of producing the concave dies for the 1.5-inch Apollo 11 silver dollar and 3-inch silver puck, I...
Well, the official policy is this: NO imperfect coin shall ever leave the Federal Reserve and enter circulation. What actually happens is this:...
Are you thinking of the Saddle Ridge hoard in California? 1,427 nicely preserved U.S. gold coins found in rusty cans along a trail...
Great question, Randy. After some googling, I learned the following: The Department of the Treasury is affected. The U.S. Mint is not. From an...
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