I don’t care for purple spot on Lincoln’s neck and the color mix of green and purple on the reverse. The colors are rarely seen on original copper...
NGC would be the better choice, but I think you will be wasting your money. It might come back AT.
The things have “COPY” in them so they are legal. There’s nothing eBay or anyone else can do about it.
Roger Burdette wrote that the claim $3 gold coins were made to buy 100 postage stamps was not true. He cited that they were produced to facilitate...
$2.50 gold coins were more of an east coast coin. If you look at the Red Book listings, you will see that the Denver and San Francisco Mints...
Not that tiny. The $2.50 was the same size as a dime. In the early days of the mint, the same reverse dies were used to strike dimes and $2.50...
I don't think that the mint would do that today, but I have heard stories that guy with connections supplied silver to the mint which the facility...
That was a falsehood that was spread around when the $2.50 and $5 Indian coins were introduced that had the incuse designs. The thought was that...
Anything that was under the legal standard could bring rejection or discounts, regardless of how it happened.
Here is an example of a pre-Civil War broken bank note. This Milford, Delaware bank went broke and its money became worthless. This is an example...
They also had the right to weigh gold coins. If they were underweight because someone had scraped off some metal, they were worth less than face...
You can't blame her for posting twice. Sometimes you get confused, especially when you are new. Your cent is 59 years old, but they were saved in...
I have read that the One Dollar Gold Piece was quite popular before the Civil War. The Federal Government did not issue paper money at that time....
More learning trends and concepts and where to look up the details are the essence of education, not lists.
Given that it's in French, I'll have to remain ignorant. :wacky:
This 1865 has interesting clash marks. I sold it when I was a dealer when I upgraded to the Proof, shown below. I wish I had kept it. [ATTACH]...
The only old piece of red copper in my collection, and it's turning. :( It's in rattle holder too, which means it's been in there for 30 years. So...
He is the last guy I need to have "the five emperors.."
I would say it's more like preserved. That kind of green does not look stable to to me. But, yes, it's too much money. They would be better off...
Henry VI was nine months old when his father, Henry V, died. Needless to say he was not ready to be king, and unfortunately he never was ready....
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