I can see why the machine rejected that!
The KGB put it into circulation here. ;)
^ Hey! I was about to post my coin, and you beat me to it! :p Happy to have something to contribute. :) Mexico (Spanish Colonial): 1736-Mo-MF...
Nice conservation job. At the rate you find stuff, you're going to dig an aureus one of these days...
Groovy. I wonder if @dwhiz has one of those medals with the Union Pacific choo-choos on 'em. I like the one with the flying boat that @alurid...
Nice. I had a Red UNC, once (alas, no pictures of it anymore). They're not horribly expensive.
Yep. Stick around, and keep asking. You can't learn if you don't ask, and this is a good place to learn stuff.
Not being a paper currency collector, I had to Google "Flipper Serial Number".
These are very popular with the Chinese counterfeiters, so you're right to be suspicious. But I will say that I do not see any obvious red flags...
My guess as well.
Wow! Stunner, especially that reverse!
[ATTACH] Our Twelve Days of COINmas contest has continued on past Christmas and will run on into the new year. This will be Round 10 of 12....
Let Round 10 commence! :) [ATTACH] @BuffaloHunter gave to thee... A 1947-D Jefferson nickel, NGC certified MS66, with light toning [ATTACH]...
It is time for the Round 9 drawing. [ATTACH] Our lucky number was... 298. [ATTACH] And Post #298 was by... @Mr. Numismatist!...
Let's wrap up Round 9 in a moment, which will end my round and put @BuffaloHunter's three rounds on deck. He put up some nice stuff for Rounds 10...
Interesting piece. For once, I haven't a clue as to what that would've been used for. I've seen large cents made into gearlike tools, buzzer...
As I mentioned in the description, But maybe that's not 100% correct, either, since electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver....
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Norway and Russia share a little bit of border (I did not know this until I checked a map). So off to Russia we go. Russia (Soviet Union): 1924-...
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