American Silver Eagle. One ounce of silver.
Sorry for your loss. I have a 1912-S Lincoln that my paternal Grandmother bought for me when I was a lad in the '70's and a Morgan dollar that my...
Now we're talking!
Yes, I never considered it before but that coin would be dynamite in real gold.
I get a silver proof set from the U.S. Mint every year. Usually a bad investment but I love silver coins and modern mintage techniques are so...
I bet with a bench grinder and a pair of vice-grips to hold the coin one could make a dime slug in about a minute.
The grandparents traveled to Europe a lot back in the day. There were several common European coins (pre-Euro) in the jar, I assume they were...
AU-58? With all that decoration?
I found this in a family change jar yesterday. A 1935 U.K. 3-Pence. 50% silver! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice coin! Somebody finally emptied Great-Grandad's coin jar...
News to me, too. From the OSV FAQ (emphasis mine): What is OSV? OSV is Original Set Verification LLP a Colorado Corporation. We were formed to...
I like it. (Jack Ahr passed away a few years ago). Judging by the PCGS labels, I figured these were slabbed sometime around the turn of the...
What's the edge look like? There are ways to remove the zinc from a Zincoln and leave a hollow copper shell. Surgically insert dime and......
You know what kind of horse is on the Delaware twenty-five cent piece? A quarter horse, of course. And horse coins aren't printed, they're...
I don't dislike the reverse but it does look a bit like the eagle is shredding the olive branch...too spendy for my budget anyway. [ATTACH]
Top-most leaf cluster.
I did not mean to imply the LCS's opinion was any better than those expressed here, simply an additional one. I'm looking for thoughts on the...
Thanks for all the input. I may take to the LCS and see what they think. I have some verdi-care, I will treat it and see what it does for the...
Very well explained.
1798 Draped Bust Large Cent. Sheldon S-166 with large reverse die break. It also has about a 30° die rotation which is common in the series. I...
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