Looks like in around 1930 somebody lost the cost of a decent meal. A pity for him, and lucky for you.
What I'd like to know is who dropped a dime on him? :D
Yeah, me too. That's another reason I bought it.
I bought this coin on a lark, curious as to what PCGS meant when it was certified as "Genuine Machine Damage". Even in hand I don't get it. Does...
Well, an electromagnetic spectrum analysis could probably distinguish gold fabricated in the early 20th Century from gold fabricated post-World...
English coin designs were changed in 1887 (the Jubilee issue). The new six pence coins carried no denomination, and many were quickly gold-plated...
Coin collecting is like many other human endeavors. People of many backgrounds, educations and means participate in it, and people of many...
I'm not the photographer the OP is, but here goes: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
It took me a while to decide it looks real. I'd say a collector of Canadian errors would find that most interesting. Congrats.
The reverse is in Devanagari script and reads "Om", the sacred syllable in Hinduism. Can't really make out the obverse, but your description is in...
It's an impossible muling of an 1826 obverse with a reverse last used in 1807. Verdict: counterfeit.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better - Samuel Beckett. I have learned more from my mistakes than from my...
Of course. It's a cherry, with all the aspects a collector would want - certified, uncirculated, complete date and mint mark. And to think,...
A great coin. I have a 1952 half struck on a quarter planchet. It circulated some before being retrieved from circulation. I've wondered how often...
Pardon me, the word "niggardly" is not racist. As per dictionary.com: niggardly (nig-erd-lee): –adjective 1. reluctant to give or spend;...
I sold 90% silver coins for twenty times face in 1980, as silver briefly moved up to $50 an ounce. That was more than 40% below the actual...
Reports say Bin Laden has been dead for a week. I don't think the news leaked out and affected the PM market.
The roll does not look early 20th Century, there was no Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco until 1913 and he sold another one a couple weeks...
Go back a hundred years. Go to a bank in a big city, get as many rolls of coins of all denominations as I can carry, come back, have the greatest...
People who own the coins but not the original box. Historically, special-issue coins with the original packaging intact appreciate in value more...
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