It kind of works the same way as fingerprints. You have a partial print but there are enough matching points to make an identification.
What junk mail? I get junk email but nothing through the USPS.
Tolerance on the five cent piece is rather loose, I believe something like +/-.25 grams. 4.95 is WELL within tolerance.
There is so much zinc rot you would never be able to verify a repunched mintmark even if it is there.
The silver plated state quarters strike again!
If the gold melt is allowed to cool too long or too slowly, as the metal solidifies the different metals will try to separate from solution based...
The time to start focusing on clad coinage was back in 1965.
Doug's explanation is excellent. My understanding of the lasering is that the finely focused laser literally melts the surface of the gold...
Hey there were empty gin bottles in "Al Capone's vault" too. Think there might be a connection?
They aren't striking coins at NO or CC so they are less security conscience. They do strike at Philadelphia so no pictures.
Thos light areas are where I would expect mishandling would result in wearing through the brown patina applied to the 19th century medals.
It's a die chip.
True, but they are not allowed to handle Registered mail.
Typically these laws regulate PURCHASES, or loans where the items are used as collateral. (And the above listing of the ordinance reflects that,)...
And you could have gotten that employee fired by simply going to the post office and lodging a complaint, or requesting to know where the package was.
I agree with obv 2. The back photo seems to be a little out of focus but I seem to see some shadows of detail so it may show a little better in...
The modern Mint restrikes tend to be a yellow bronze color. The 19th century original tend to be a rich brown mahogany color. I can't tell if...
I'll give you that one I hadn't considered the Tomb part. President and Mrs Hiram Ulysses Grant. He always went by Ulysses and when he applied...
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Try Finland, the only country to actually pay back their WWII loans made by the United States.
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