Here are pictures of a rocker press and a set of dies which I found on the Internet. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have been hunting for raw Walking Liberty Half Dollars to make a short set (1941 to 1947). The retail prices range from about $35 to $150 for...
These coins were not struck in a collar. They had an irregular shape and were struck on a rocker press. That’s why they are bent. The rocker press...
[ATTACH] I would say that this piece is replica. It has casing bubbles and some of the features are indistinct in places where they should be...
To expand on this, the United States coins that we collect prior to the Civil War were, for a long time, only a small part of the money that...
It is total waste of money to send coins to these "fourth world" grading services. They don't even qualify is "third world" grading services.
There were many of them. The Hard Times and Civil War tokens are best known, but there were many others throughout the 19th century. Russell Rulau...
The why the Fulds, who wrote the classic CWT books began with 1861 for the tokens. They were outlawed for circulation in 1864. I suppose the...
They are. 1863 was the prime year for the CWTs. There are a number of 1864s also. The tokens were outlawed in the spring of 1864, but since they...
It can’t be a Civil War token because of the date. Aside from the Wealth of the South series, all Civil War tokens are dated between 1861 and 1864.
Why did kings Richard I (1189 to 1199) and John (1199-1216) continue to issue their British coins with their late father's (Henry II) name on...
65. It doesn’t have a ton of marks on Jefferson’s jaw.
“Charles” Charles I holds the dubious distinction as the only British king who was publicly put to death. Others were quietly starved to death or...
“James” James I (1603-25) was originally James VI of Scotland. He became king when Elizabeth I, “the virgin queen,” died childless. He was a...
“Henry” The name “Henry” has been shared by eight British monarchs, but it has not appeared after Henry VIII died in 1547. Among the eight kings...
Lucky you. I tried to get all 12 of the 1804 half cent die varieties, but could never find this one. I knew a couple of big collectors who had...
I owned half of 1793 Liberty Cap with another collector about 50 years ago. We paid $20 for it and sold it for $30. You can image how bad it was....
I have had a really nice 1794 cent for quite a while. The 1799 is probably something I will never acquire. This one was in Dan Holmes' collection....
“Richard” Richard is another common English name, but over the British millennium, only three rulers have had it. The first Richard, who was...
Over time I am gradually building a date set of cents from 1793 to 2024. I'll probably never finish it, but it's fun to add a piece now and then....
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