I think that @calcol may have been pulling our collective legs, but I could be wrong.
I saw this one years ago. Note the "L" that has been scratched in above Ms. Liberyt's head. PCGS graded it MS-63, and CAC approved of it. If you...
Fillmore did run as the “Know Nothing” anti-immigrant party in 1856, but it is not known if he agreed with them or was looking for a way to go...
Here’s a little more history. Millard Fillmore was elected vice president under Zachary Taylor in 1848. He became president after Taylor died from...
Showing a photograph of a presidential candidate on a button is a very common practice today. The buttons that we regard as “modern” were patented...
The smaller Washington success token ... when was it made? Some say at the time of Washington's second term. Most say it's from the mid 19th...
I'm in.
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The mintages are 3,901 for the 1936 and 8,808 for the 1939. Sometimes it's neat to have the lower mintage. The mintage for the 1936 Proof Quarter,...
I have a well defined, well struck 1936 PR-66 half dollar, which is my favorite among the 1936 to 42 Proof sets in my collection. Going by your...
I built a set of Indian cents when I was in high school and college. I sold it many years ago. Recently I started forming it again. I'm down to...
The design started to change in the mid 1830s when Christian Gobrecht started experimenting with new designs. A couple of decades latter, coin...
[ATTACH] It took me many years to find an example of this type that I really liked. This piece is graded PCGS MS-65, CAC. Back in early 1960s,...
The 1894-S dime is for real. Perhaps the lowest grade one was bought by Jack Freidburg over the counter at the Gimbels Department Store coin...
Here are some campaign tokens from Grover Cleveland's three races. In a space of less than to two years, Grover Cleveland rose rose from obscure...
It is a specific coin. All we know about how it might have looked is from the $10 gold coin which still exists, and is pictured in "The Red Book."...
There is a piece that is listed on page 405 of such a coin in the 77th Edition of A Guide Boook of United States Coins. (a.k.a. "The Red Book")...
The U.S. Mint System only struck cents at the Philadelphia Mint. The first one that was made "out West" was the 1908-S Indian Cent. It makes you...
I have been collecting the political Hard Times tokens for many years. I once collected the merchant pieces but lost interest in them. According...
A zero problem Good-4 1814 cent is harder to find that many people might think.
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