Down below he says that certification numbers may vary, so this may just be a stock photo of the design on a clad coin, but why bother?
Yes, I have read that. Makes you wonder how much history you could change given the chance.
They are slightly in disfavor because they are not an even ounce. You pay a lesser premium when you buy them, but they are discounted a bit more...
Obviously a Dime.
@Tejas An excellent summary. Thank you. I was wondering about your comment re the photograph "much paper." I don't understand what you mean.
Nice!
Well, the Chinese have to buy one of everything so that they can counterfeit them......
Of course! That is why they call it a Buy OR Bid sale. All bids are considered. Ridiculous ones are ignored. The highest reasonable Bid will...
There is an old saying that if you have to explain a joke, it wasn't funny. To that I would add: If you have to explain something's significance,...
Stay well!
A pretty nice mid-stage brockage. Struck between 1959 and 1972.
Probably 1970's-80's.
46 years ago I was working for the Collectors Clearinghouse department at Coin World, writing about errors and other neat stuff.
Looks like a genuine cent struck over a previously struck dime, which can happen. The 17.91 mm dime expanded a bit under the blow to accommodate...
The poll should have an option of American Eagle, either type. I would have voted that way.
Great thread!
Note the word simulate in your quoted definition https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/simulate
READ the Hobby Protection act. It says that it applies to "imitation numismatic items." It does not say that it only applies to exact copies of...
And people wonder why I keep saying that the Hobby Protection Act should be enforced!
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