I was in London and bought one of these...or something like it, in a black felt box, from a money exchange in Piccadilly. [IMG] I thought it...
Nice find. But not quite full. It's a L7/8. :)
I have used shims cut from mylar flips to take up slack in Capitol holders. I don't know how well that would work in an album though. I suppose...
My favorites coin series are Seated Dollars, Leopold Thalers, Classic Commemorative halves, Standing Liberty Quarters. But sorry, I collect exonumia.
I was in a bookstore in 1974 and saw a photo of a silver art bar on the cover of CoinAge magazine. I started buying them for $5 each plus 50c...
I bet there's some truth to the joke. Maybe some thief in Tammany Hall sold the bridge to NJ. :p
The Gobrecht Journal Sept-Nov 1982 published an Unc. half dime survey based on: "...200 different public auction catalogues issued since 1972..."...
Does it come with a bottle of Mad Dog and a bridge with Brooklyn provenance?
Survivor numbers can be estimated by the frequency of dates/mintmarks/grades that show up in ads and auctions. I believe the Liberty Seated...
I apologise in advance for the insult, but, IMO, this is like paying someone for the right to beg alms from them.:(
$250. hammers were a bargain. The Navy was paying $600. :p
Was it once owned by one of these guys? [IMG]
Or the company producing planchets for the mint also produces nails?
If they really want a good marketing gimmick they should slab a Yap stone and put it on display in their lobby. But I suppose there would be a...
Because that's where the dies are.
From what I read about coal tokens, mining that stuff must have been a real bucket of suck. :(
Thankyou. But forming a clear view of what could have been is too easy to abuse.
There's a funny April's Fools joke about a planchet error. Fittingly enough, from an exonumia dealer. It's the first post-Ken Barr....
I'd like to know how they grade error coins? How do they net grade a uniface error on one side?
What are the grading standards for world coins, exonumia, and error coins that TPG's grade?
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