No it is bronze with a possible brass coating from a science experiment. IMO...
I have somewhere in my late mother's stuff, A little bit of the books she used. Since beer was rationed and scarce. the wives of men who were...
The magnification is even more exaggerated I think . I have posted these several times in a group of surface of a morgan compared to a peace @ 100...
I agree with MD, along with a slight ding on the '9' and '6'. Jim
My Judd book on Patterns; the 1942 cents do not mention aluminum-silver, but he does mention aluminum by itself and aluminum-bronze mix, among...
The cent appears elongated left to right compared with north and south, perhaps the angle of the coin-photo, but unless it really has been rolled...
I agree with Rick. That area of the die flattens the interior of the bay and a crack would slowly spread and weaken under use and would tend to...
So are you saying that he isn't really using peace or morgan dollars for the tokens as he has said before I do believe, or that you have no idea...
How can one distinguish that it was a Peace dollar that was struck over as a token rather than a silver round? Not by the obverse/reverse, and I...
I do not believe that any specific safeguard is individualized after minting, but that the 'privy' and coding in done on the die. Perhaps changed...
What if the Dealer dies, or suffers disease and the family takes over. BE Sure to get it spelled out in writing and photo the coin with the...
Thats why I said you were one of the lucky people !! Bet more people buy them like me than find them in CRH.
You are one of the lucky people!! I bought 2 of mine mine in 1980s from Bowers and Medena (sp?) for 10 hrs of overload pay each :) [ATTACH] And...
The mint mark for coins stopped being applied by hand striking them on the dies in 1990 for the cents, and engraved into the die at the mint with...
The -001 is of course the one the books and youtubers use to get people to check tens of thousands of coins and of course their views and book...
The Answer is " Because they can get it from customers who think population is important in bullion" . Many people are "psychologically adjusted"...
...And flu medication, since I have to go get some more soon....:(
The 'DNA' reader is made and sourced by ARJOsolutions according to RCM docs. It likely could be a simple cell phone "code spot" reader app. Every...
Thread locked for future administrative actions.
It is iolite or gem blue cordierite. One of my other hobbies is faceting gems. Since you started the thread, I will add. here are 3 spessartite...
Separate names with a comma.
