It is the designer's initial. F for Fraser. He designed the Buffalo Nickel. They all have this feature.
truthfully, Doug has always been admittedly older, but both were born before recorded history, so... no records!
Two things strike me immediately. 1) The coin is a higher grade and since it is NOT slabbed, I would be more wary of an unacceptable cleaning in...
You need to share your clad cleaning technique... please PM me
There are several reasons why I collect them, but my thought is that with the current low value (and interest) and high attrition rate, that they...
Has anyone asked Paul (Lehigh)?
This thread is fascinating!!!!
this said by a man who collects the RedBook... LOL :)
yes, but rumour has it you're the younger "twin"
No, Frank... you ARE old!!! Just not as old as Doug... :D
well, you give me entirely too much credit, I am just another guy, but one who likes to do his homework. My point is that we should educate...
Certification is NOT needed. Knowledge is. How do the certification companies know if a coin is genuine? Knowledge. People are basically lazy, and...
Those albums sound like the only kind I would be able to tolerate. I hate when albums are incomplete.
Kurt, what about the years that have Satin Mint Sets? Do your sets not include the circulation strike coins from these years? Did you do the same...
With all of the recent discussion of breaking up Mint sets, I was wondering if anyone else here collected them as I do. I have a complete set...
knowledge is the most powerful tool in the world
There is another reason why counterfeits are not perfect examples. The way I was taught was that when a counterfeiter encounters his own product...
while I am neither of those two gentlemen, I believe that #1 is PMD. #3 I am not so sure of. My guess is that it could be misaligned dies or a...
It was produced by a private mint and may only be worth the price of the gold melt, which is $301.80 today. The coin weighs 10grams.
Am I hallucinating, or does this coin have lines all over the surface moving in 15,000 different directions. This is NOT what metal flow looks...
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