Found some pictures on my computer. The reverse is pretty blurry; and my brother had two Antoninus Pius aureus, one with a common reverse, one...
Maybe someone can help me out on this: my late brother's estate includes a nice Antoninus Pius aureus with the "Concordia" reverse [two men...
My first thought too. But what if it had been carried as a pocket piece for 50 years? And I wondered if the farthing was originally attached by a...
Great note. It's interesting to see the progression of the Silver Certificate "obligation" that this note and a couple of recent other posts show....
The Flag over Supreme Court [Sc 1894] was used on the POC up to B 75, when the postal rate increased. After that, they mostly had whatever was the...
Hi Alex - I am about 99.9% sure the card you show was not cancelled at the Visitor's Center. It is almost certainly [I'll explain the "almost"...
Interesting stuff. One small correction: it's McDonnell. My late uncle, who started working in the aircraft industry in the late 1930's, says...
Nice photos. Any chance you could post a full image of "Liberty & Union"? [You only show the lower-right corner.] I am not sure I have ever seen...
I think almostgem mistyped; you want to contact someone at the National Numismatic Collection at the Museum of American History -...
Five dollars? I would have gone $500 for sure, probably over $1000. At auction, it might go for a lot more - actions can be unpredictable. They...
I like the 20c piece. It combines the pleasing seated liberty design with the eagle from the trade dollar [reduced and cleaned up a bit to make it...
I have an 1882 $10 gold piece [acquired as bullion] with no reeding. I don't see any file marks, and it is very near full weight, so I suspect it...
Condition, condition, condition. In general a good rule. But condition goes out the window when it's the only known note on a bank. For example, a...
Good point. This was especially important back in the Hunt brother's silver debacle of the late '70's. People often say silver got to $49 an...
The few times recently that I have put in a max bid that tied the winner, eBay has sent me an eMail "You're winning now, but you may still be...
My favorite piece of movie money is the $20 bill in the scene from "Paper Moon" where Tatum O'Neal scams a store clerk. It's a genuine $20 from...
Nice ticket. As the slab indicates, that was the "Chief" version. There were also tickets with engravings of Columbus, Washington, Franklin,...
Per the Red Book, they were sold at the expo for $1 each (with numerous remainders melted or put in circulation at face). Since the exposition...
If anyone is going to be in the Asheville area Oct 14-15, be sure to check out the Buncombe County Coin Club show at the Western North Carolina Ag...
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