Perhaps you were thinking "Heritage" but you referred to "shows." Lol, how do you know which are worthwhile if you don't go to any? Seeing...
LOL . . . who said anything about flying across the country? I've lived in several cities large and small across the U.S. and they ALL hosted...
Neither do I. It's a nice example of a coin at that grade.
Yes, and if I'm not mistaken, I believe it's the only pre-Victorian British Empire coin with a monarch's name and no effigy. Edit: would love to...
Thanks. That must be why they never came up on my empire radar.
By my count, Britain issued colonial coinage for 44 possessions, although not always with the monarch's effigy, as you note. In some cases, only...
Prior to the 20th century, Ireland spent a good deal of its history under British rule, and Irish colonial coinage was minted, although on an...
Very few British Empire possessions had coinage featuring royal effigies prior to the reign of Victoria (1837-1901). Off the top of my head I can...
Wut? I think you're spelling and grammer is grate!:D
No good deed goes unpunished.
So if the mint director did actually send one over to the president, then that means LBJ was engaged in criminal activity. Grounds for impeachment!
Duh, I should have known that. Thanks. Edit: Not legal tender obviously, but also not legal to physically possess?
A point of view from someone who is new enough here to still be reasonably objective: This happens a lot on CT threads, and a lot more often than...
Didn't know this. Can anyone elaborate?
I second that.
Which is why I'm guessing F12.
Sometimes the gunk separates on its own and floats away, other times it needs some gentle (emphasis on "gentle") nudging with a wooden toothpick....
I'm gonna guess F12.
I have lots of British Empire coins . . . in fact, it's one of the three categories I concentrate on. Unfortunately, I have zero pics of them....
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