My questions begin with the bank-wrapped roll itself. My understanding is that silver dollars were tossed into bags because no one wanted them....
I did not know the Social War. I found these and other resources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_War_(91–88_BC)...
Over the past five months, I set aside dollar bills. Today, I entered 166 of them into a spreadsheet to begin THE GREAT TAXICAB SERIAL NUMBER...
We do not emphasize this enough. See this discussion about (respected) auction houses:...
And... I do not have any. The closest that I can come is this Spanish Dollar: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Lest anyone should suggest a "Continental...
Speaking of which... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I will say this, mpcusa, you do exemplify the virtues of the dedicated collector. In a stump speech that...
Certified notes are premium, of course. You have to understand mcpusa's unique passion for these. I bought three common notes certified PPQ 66 and...
Cognitive Dissonance is a theory of knowledge that explains how people justify choices that they cannot change. Everyone has recommendations based...
It helps to keep dollar values in mind. When I show MPCs to people today, the idea of 5-cent note seems unusual. However, measured against a first...
You were supposed to turn them in. So, relatively few were saved. As far as being "collectible" some people will collect anything, but, weirdness...
There is no such thing as a "just price." If you think someone overpaid for something, then it is equally true that you undervalued it. A long...
Technically, not "coins." I am not happy with the standard definition. I believe that true knowledge is often more complicated than the Orwellian...
The originals also came in an envelope with a letter or card saying that they were awarded to contractors on the Apollo project. The one shown in...
[ATTACH] They are pretty common if you want to find one. I worked a couple of projects for the Space Shuttle program. [ATTACH] Many different...
Glad you asked... [ATTACH] https://sdbullion.com/silver-price-by-year [ATTACH] https://www.silverinstitute.org/silverprice/1960-1965/...
La Semeuse [ATTACH] (Not mine. I put together a coin club presentation for another member. I think that this was not his, either, but an example....
It would take a close analysis to explain why this is far superior to the Barber knock-offs. It is not just the strike or grade, but the entire...
La Semeuse: the Sower. Known earlier, she was the model for Weinman's Walking Liberty Half. (The classic heads from France were copied by Barber.)
I like the cat. Canada had one similar.
It is not a 1, it is an i the symbol for the square root of -1. But I would with the sesterius and asses, but it does not add up.
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