I have been assembling a circulated three cent nickel book and I am down to those last two dates. Circulated business strikes are many thousands...
Post away Lauri.
Fellow dreams bid, doesn’t he?….. Too bad I missed all that.
Just went thru my quarter jar. Had everything except Florida and Alaska…. But the most fun was using the Quartermaster’s counter struck quarters....
I had more fun putting one of those together with my young son back in the day. It got “unassembled” when he got old enough to need cash and I...
Don’t even know how to respond this, fellows. It’s quite humbling actually. Thank you for the kind words.
Once again LordM, I am indebted to your servitude. Thank you very much!
Well…. see if this did it. I found the thread…. I can read this and see that I learned more in my five years here than I did the previous forty...
‘‘Twas my first CT post.
Only because we are old!
That was the first year the mint began striking clad coinage. That on it's own makes it a bit of a transitional and mildly historical piece....
That cracked me up
That Rock Hill area is rich with Civil War history.
Other than the detector you won last time that you were here, I never heard if you scored anything to speak of when you detected our state last year.
Well thanks. That is high praise coming from you.
Time flies when you are having fun. Come this February, I'll have been posting here for five years and I appreciate you all welcoming me into the...
Hi Susan. These old threads tend to get overlooked. Those counterpunched coins are done privately and would only have value to curio collectors...
Welcome to the forum... I am not your error/variety expert, but I been around the block once or twice with these old coins.... The coin below is...
I am with @mrweaseluv on this one. I am sure I have read that three cent coins were struck specifically to address postage rates.
That one has attractive surfaces and an interesting little cud to boot. I think she deserves a slab to call her very own.
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