Actually, the N stands for Newcomb. Howard R. Newcomb authored the first major work on the middle and late date large cents.
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The Mint was organized in 1792 and began striking copper coins for circulation in early 1793. The required bonds were covered in 1794, and silver...
Apologies for the typo. I meant 1792.
That has been disproved. The metal for most of the 1793 half dismes came from Thomas Jefferson.
Most of the precious metal circulating in the country was Spanish silver and Portuguese gold with additional stuff from the Netherlands, France...
I, too, would be in the VG-F camp.
There's no downside to dipping a piece that's already worth only the bullion value. Use it as a learning opportunity.
Do that with a large cent, but there's usually no need to let it "circulate" in your pocket for a couple of years. There are MANY early copper...
If a coin is dirty, you can clean it with soap and water. Be sure to rinse thoroughly after. Be careful not to rub too hard, if at all, as the...
To suggest that the TPGs never slabbed cleaned coins or that they never do it now is a mistake. What they try not to do is slab coins that show...
This is true. In the early days, they used "blister steel," which is made by sticking the end of an iron bar into burning charcoal for long enough...
Very cool!
As I recall, this was one of the first fake half cent varieties that led to Jack's and EAC's involvement in rooting out counterfeits. It's also...
The slab grade of a wonder coin like this should be completely irrelevant. Unfortunately, it probably isn't. I agree that it could go for 7...
That's not a planchet flaw. It's a pair of die cracks that nearly meet in the center. ALL examples of the very rare no-pole 1796 half cent were...
This is a wonder coin with an important pedigree. If the slab source really matters to someone, he's a collector of plastic and paper, not coins.
The most beautiful US coin. [ATTACH]
It's important to calibrate and tare your scale before weighing your coins. That will probably reduce the variation.
I sent a package of coins to a dealer to be auctioned. I sent it Express Mail. It was seized by postal authorities, because someone thought it...
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