A bit of info on mintage figures for this related group of 4 reverse dies and 5 obverse dies (8 different die combos) - 200 copper nickel cents...
I will make no claim as to knowledge of authenticity of this piece, but I can tell you it is not J201/P210. That id pattern, which Pollock rates...
If you were to include collectors of large "Not One Cent" pieces, I have hundreds of those.
Its tough to make a call on what will go up during an inflationary period as far as from a collectible standpoint, so I will not address that...
You are very welcome Ron. Exonumia includes essentailly any topic one can think of, as well as a huge host of names and locations (I especially am...
I used to be real heavy into coins, so much so the local coin shop owner approached me about working there (since I was there most of the time...
I collect them as well, but mostly ones that have been counterstamped. I do not have a huge number of them though, perhaps a couple dozen.
A very good question, Ron. One for which I could not find a definitive answer in my references, so I will give it a shot off the top of my head....
After re-reading youngcollector's post, I realized that I forgot to mention metals. The lower case "a" at the end of the id number indicates...
Hi Ron, sorry to take so long to see your post, working way too many hours to have much of a life. You have what is known as a U.S. Civil War...
One point of logic could be as follows: Collector A has a potentially valuable coin he would like to get slabbed. Submits it, but it comes back in...
When I was a mid-teen many years ago, I got a job at a coin shop and worked there for 6 years before entering my chosen profession. The owner...
Thanks for the link, I found that article to be rather interesting.
Skimmed through my book "Media of Exchange Used in State and Federal Penitentiaries", but did not see a "Newgate Prison" listed (no index of...
Looks to be cast as well.
I don't know if you are the same person, but that exact same token was asked about on the ebay discussion boards very recently. This token is...
Id of this Civil War token is 80/351a. While relatively common at an R3 rarity rating, it is starting to get a little scarcer. R3 indicates that...
I had checked my book on pattern coins as well (for the year 1864), nothing like the posted pictures there either.
Ahhh, picture failure I see. Forgot to mention that campaign tokens of that era were typically the size of a quarter or larger, so I would...
I would disagree with you. It is something that resembles a Civil War token, but I believe that to be all. There were 13 different "Lincoln" dies...
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