Perhaps eBay figures that it's safer to charge too much than too little. Since Oklahoma does not collect the tax, it begs the question. What is...
I have tried to be measured in my responses, yet I'm told that I am "ignorant." I try to help people here. Since I am too "ignorant" to provide...
I agree with @idhair Carr is a great artist, and agree with some of his libertarian positions, but I don't care for his nonexistent year products....
That is not the point. What I don’t like about these Carr pieces that are exact copies of real coins with a fantasy date is the harm they might do...
The original coin is better, but, of course, it's a lot more expensive in high grade. I too wish the Carr could refrain from making this type of...
I prefer my ancient raw (uncertified), but NGC does try to address the surface and strike issues with its 1 through 5 scale that is included on...
It’s long way from Fine IMO.
The second “1” in the date is larger than the first “1.” That’s a problem.
People have speculated that Higgins had access to a Higley copper which gave him the idea to use the “value me as you pleas(e)” phrase.
There is no chance that Higgins had access to the Scoville dies. He used a Scoville token to make his dies.
I have file of pictures full of this stuff. Here is how they rip you off with a fake coin in a fake slab. Here is a bad slabbed coin: [ATTACH]...
If the cent does disappear from circulation in 2022, I hope that the mint continues to make the coin for Proof and Mint sets. The cent is the only...
Here are a few more John Marr tokens. Here is the latest in Civil War era kitchen ranges from J. Pritzlaff & Co. [ATTACH] "Don't despair" when...
That entire token was made by the Scovill Company. Scovill designed that liberty head and Henry Higgins copied it probably by pressing the Scovill...
Nope, just German culture.
John Marr (1831-1921) was an engraver and die sinker who produced Civil War tokens (CWTs) almost exclusively for Wisconsin businesses. He engraved...
The Civil War Token Society has published new books for the Patriotic and Store Card series. They have a lot more information than the older Fuld...
You mean this one .... [ATTACH] The die variety is 58 / 439 a. It's rated as an R-3 and is not that hard to find, at least it wasn't when I was...
I have a collection of tokens by Milwaukee die maker, John Marr. He did beautiful work. I see of I have the time to post some of his work in a new...
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