Here is a coin for you, maybe a trick or Magician's coin? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Maybe not entirely fair as the male lion is called in for the big jobs and will finish off - or more correctly start AND finish off even...
No, the source was Louis Hudson's widow and are from the US Mint originally. I wonder if they are even legal? LOL. She had many, many for sale...
I really like this design but hope they can change it just a bit after 26 years...
Nobody seems to know, but I imagine "restruck" in private hands. One of the dies had some of what looked to be a gold wash or residue in the...
Yes, I wonder if these were the dies used to strike the "OMS" 1982 gold Piefort coins and "trial" obverse and reverses?
Hmmm, I think I remember Nigeria or West Africa as you say perhaps shilling with "TRIAL" on the coins as well...
Yes indeed. I have one each of the 1964 through 1967 pennies in copper nickel and a florin struck on I think on a Hong Kong minor.
Mine graded MS67 at NGC, and frankly a fair grade - if that matters. I really wish I had gotten the dated 1952 half crown penny with design as Rob's!
Wow, that looks to be mainly iron as well and would imagine with marked magnetic attraction. I wonder if it is the same alloy? I really thought...
Coin looks copper nickel, I did not weigh it, but it is magnetic. I am not that familiar with iron or steel coins but I still question it. It is...
For interest of readers. Some 3-4 years ago or so I bought this coin at an UK auction, and did not record the provenance and did not record the...
Ah, they are not the be-all and end-all despite what people think. If you like your coins, carry on. Both have reamed me many times....
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