I am sure you are right about the $5 thing, at least until they demonitized them. But as for the "intended to circulate", that gets sticky. I...
While we're at it.....is the Trade Dollar a "coin"? It had a face value of one dollar but was never intended to circulate in the US - it was...
Are any of the special commemorative coins issued by the Mint "coins"? Yes, they are. One term for them is "Non Circulating Legal Tender". Are...
It is a parody quarter - several designs have been made and more are currecntly being produced. Most of these are struck over real quarters, so...
If it had been an error, chewing on it would have reduced the value, and if it had been fake, let's just hope it wasn't coated with mercury.
That's the best advice I've heard (even better than mine). I agree with that idea - start with NGC.
I would encourage you to check out the Cheerios dollar page on www.SmallDollars.com and read carefully the part about PCGS slabbing. Appaprently,...
I KNEW I should have ordered more than three!
I created a very similar effect on some GW dollars by baking them in an oven. I did not perfect the recipe, and the side facing down did not get...
A few days after the sell out the P rolls were somehow showing as available again and I snuck in an order for three rolls. They were back in...
Technically, it might be called a fantasy coin. The "original" (with that date) never existed.
I like that one with Abe and the ax - looks like Jack Nicholson in "The Shining."
I had a couple fake 20s (new design) and 1s, made in Columbia.
I am realy disappointed in anyone who bid on this fake. Poepl eneed to stop and think what happens when a coins is struck. The fields of...
Thanks for the info. On closer inspection, I do see good detail under the smear, so that reassures me that it could be real. My point was...
The US should adopt the laws of North Korea, a brutal communist dictatorship? No thanks. The bill probabaly never got near a normal North Korean...
The Mint did not strike aluminum cents in 1978, although in theiry a wrong planchet error could have occured, but I am not aware of any aluminum...
On a side note, you should have taken the advice of earlier posters and NOT gone to the bank. You are lucky they did not damage the bill during...
I am not sure if there is anything rare about that mintmark, but in general the Rentenpfennigs are not rare.
This is all fascinating, and worth a re-read when I have a chance. A couple thoughts - even the poorest or most backward country can produce a...
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