Hey @physics-fan3.14 ....... Doing my level best to sell you a book here!;)
Mostly due to the spacing between the second and fourth digits in the date. They are too narrow for a zero.
I am looking at photos on a phone. When I do that I try to be conservative. Most are better than I am with photos. This is my MS63. From what I...
Did you know that Jason is an active CoinTalk member?
Indians are struck with the design element incused (pressed in) rather than raised like all our other coins. So then the design is not worn at...
Heck yes!! I don’t know about all that camera/microscope hooey, but I do know Indians and Double Eagles. Both specimens appear quite exemplary...
He made polyester look good!
You know, a person hears these kinds of stories and the first thing that crosses my mind is.... Wow, what if that were my wife of thirty years? I...
Dang @GDJMSP... You were quite the dapper fellow!
I occasionally do scrollsaw work with wood. It can be quite tedious. And then I see something like this and my jaw just drops.
Only 1943 cents were steel and have a silver appearance as issued by the US mint. Your coin is plated by a private entity. Probably the same...
I can speak to Jason’s book. I gained an education reading his book that I never knew I needed. I refer to it all the time anymore. It will give...
Oh my! I am so happy your wife is getting better. What an emotional roller coaster!
I believe you have a genuine 1903 Morgan.
No worries. Keep hunting!
Hi Christina... From my perspective, that appears to be a scratch into the surface of the old cent. Copper is a very soft metal and is quite...
Why on earth is a fifty cal slug in a park in Brooklyn?? A pocket piece perhaps?
Coins have been used to adorn all manner of adornment. Buttons, money clips, tie clasps, necklaces.... I have a beautiful MS Franklin half encased...
A 1903 Morgan is quite a desirable date. It is rare to find one in circulated condition. Most were destroyed and the surviving 1903’s were stored...
The only five ounce coin I own is the proof Apollo commemorative. Just an odd thought. I know commemorate strikes are legal tender. Are these...
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