I'm gonna have a few REALLY nice pieces to post here in a very short while, so I figure I'll get the thread all warmed up and ready for them....
Do you mean die state as pertaining to the over mintmark? I'm used to ancients, where if its late die state, you practically can't read the...
Good, then its AU50! Its pretty lustrous in hand...
I completely forgot about those! Good call!
Probably $15-$20, maybe more. There aren't any specimens on coinarchives worth mentioning, I believe it to be common. Update: vcoins has...
I had this piece listed on the Open section, but there were no bites. So I guess I'll throw it up on the fleabay. I want to know how you'd all...
I don't like goals. Having a goal seems to imply that I'll eventually be done collecting! NEVARRRR!!!! Lol. But if I had to choose one - I want...
I put corroded 43's back into circulation just for people like you! :-D
I don't see any porosity? I do see a gouge on the reverse that was obscured by the glare, though. Heck, its better than any of my large cents!...
" The influence of Roosevelt on the nation’s coinage was felt again in 1916 with the redesign of the dime, quarter, and half dollar. Adolph...
I don't think its real. It looks to be just a fantasy piece or a token. And you really can't call the 1891 Canadian 5 cent a nickel, it was made...
In that case, as in the case of almost all modern coins, its better off without being cleaned. I, for one, like the battleship gray tone that the...
You could get a fairly nice Edwardian half sovereign for 90-100 dollars, depending on melt, if you shop around.
Try searching here: http://www.zeno.ru/
Oh, the glamorous life of a coin forum admin. :o
possible melted back down? I'm just thinking out loud.
a worn as of emperor Claudius and two nickles - 1994 D and 2002 P. ... I have a feeling you'll get a lot of pocket pieces in this thread! (Most...
Well - the good news: its not a fake. Then the bad (?) news: the date is 1997! Some fonts can be pretty difficult to read. Its even worse with...
Large cents of the era were not always made from a uniform planchet size.
I don't think it would be such a bad idea. But it would just be another place for me to click.
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