Please wait for service...someone will be along shortly. Both look like Nero, but I am sure someone will know loads about them.
From the Mint: "U.S. Mint proof coins feature sharp relief and a mirror-like background. Their frosted, sculpted foregrounds give them a special...
I would love to metal detect in CA, but I don't think the native Americans used much metal.
Stuff
So will a nickel stick to a magnet?
"Fool me once, shame for....fool me twice...uh...uh...you can't fool me."
Ouch...there was something sharp in my couch...
Hope you can find your dad's stash!
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I bought a 10 pfennig at a flea market because it seemed to have a perfectly hemispherical glob of metal stuck to it which I thought was an error....
Nice!
Comb over time!
I read (some of) this post just after reading the post about the evolution of Roman coinage, and just thought...a coin has an intrinsic metal...
Was that a hairline crack?
I would dare to guess not even up for adoption. : - )
Yes, coin dealers. If you have any around.
Sigh
I read the reverse Remember Ance and was trying to figure out what Ance was.
Or, Charles do it through a sympathetic dealer who will give you a break on the submission fees (it ain't cheap).
Not to rain on your parade, but this is the kind of coin you see in junk boxes at coin shops for $0.25 each.
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