If you find a source to replace the missing screw, let me know - I need one for a USNA Photocert in a Capital holder I bought on Saturday.
And I saw them in a dealer's $1 junk box at the TNA show on Friday.
I'm calling it fake. Notice the serifs on the C don't look like the real thing... https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1889-cc-1/7190
Usually, the coins in those "collectible" cases are polished or plated and have no numismatic value.
But you could have done a lot better. Spot price doesn't always rise.
@johnmilton of course you mean "you can't sell really scarce items"
This chariot was driven only by a little old lady going to the Temple on Feast days.
Dang, you went there. I had just PMed @paddyman98 saying that I had standards (low, but standards) and I wasn't going to go there in public....
Always go to the legislation, especially if it calls for the death penalty!
Not quite correct @CoinCorgi https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/coinage-act-of-april-2-1792 Section 13 defines the...
We often discuss the difference between a type 1 blank and a type 2 planchet as "having been through the upsetting mill" which creates the...
Nice. Worked hard for many many years!
I don't think a coin or banknote ever has to apologize for being used for its purpose. I always think of those marks as badges of honor and wonder...
The Flying Eagle (1856 pattern, 1857-1858 circulation) and Indian Heads (1859-1864) are 88% Copper, 12% Nickel alloy, and have a whitish copper...
By about 100 years later, it's recognizably a "coin"... [ATTACH]
Fineness or weight has also been adjusted in fruitless attempts to legislate the Gold/Silver ratio. US changes to silver coin weight in 1853 and...
Bullpucky I married an engineer!
It's an easy debasement? 4 units of 90% and 1 unit of copper.
http://cuds-on-coins.com/lincoln-cent-cuds-1980-1982-2/ NOT a later state of CU-1c-1980-01 Could be CU-1c-1980-04 or even CU-1c-1980-20
5c neat association but no special value
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