Well gosh, without a better photo I don't think there's any way we can help you! Can't see a thing!
That's a Mexican 8-reale, Zacatecas mint, 1836.
Ah... nostalgia for the old 29 cent stamps! Thanks for the contest!
Unrecognized States Numismatic Society Fun stuff! Sounds like you guys need to check out the website of the Unrecognized States Numismatic...
I tend to think that because of this unusual gold-silver ratio that either silver is undervalued or gold is overvalued. In either case, I put the...
I think there are but two alternatives... drop the penny entirely (and there are many good reasons for this) or switch to a cheaper material. The...
They'll most likely be in $25 rolls just as the Sacky and Suzies are. I'd go ahead and get a whole bunch... pick a few of the nicer ones as...
Well... it's not a stash I found... but it's the biggest stash I ever heard of... 135 million ounces... 14,700 TONS of silver that was "borrowed"...
Masonic Penny That token appears to be a blank masonic penny. Ordinarily a person's mark would be placed within the circle of the keystone. If...
Here's a pic of the ones I make...
I'm no expert on coin prices... but I've been in the stamp market for a long time. One of the basic price/demand themes in stamps is that stamps...
Hi Jerry: Collaring is a relatively recent coining technique. Before collaring all coins were broadstruck. The problem with them is that since...
Actually... it's very easy to clash dies on a screw press! If the coiner fumbles the blank placement (like snagging with a sleeve) and the ram is...
Hmmm... I had not heard about that case. I understand that they have to put their finger in the dike before that becomes a common practice... but...
I think that the reason the mint puts a face value on bullion coins is a bit of a farce... that is... they want to be able to advertise and sell...
A broadstrike is an uncollared strike... also sometimes called a "splash" strike. Some coins are designed and meant to be done that way... others...
I routinely ask for $2 bills at my bank when I get cash... and they usually only have a few or sometimes as many as a dozen. But they told me that...
Aside from coins....... I collect 19th century Arkansas postal history (entire postmarked envelopes), tax reciepts, deeds, cancelled checks, and...
try eBay... search for "wheat bag" and scan the listings. A full bank "bag" of pennies is $50 face... or 5000 coins. The melt value for the copper...
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