Interesting SN for sure, but probably not much of a premium. It's the Chinese/Mandarin-speaking culture that considers 8 a lucky number....
In sixth grade, there were two science teachers. I got the one who started the year by making us write reports on ancient civilizations. The other...
It's pretty clear that some people using CoinStars are so distracted and/or impaired that they don't notice what accumulates in the reject slot....
Who, now? ;)
Now I'm picturing @dcarr overstriking coins on actual meteorite metal. (Not that I'd be tempted to have an actual meteorite turned into anything...
I was pretty sure I remembered something commemorating the last one. Scrolled down to your first image, and there it was. :rolleyes:
Liberty saw a spider on the 2. Her left leg is poised to keep stomping it.
I bought a roll of Indian cents from a pawnshop that had a list of dates and quantities written on it -- starting in the 1860s. I asked if I could...
There were no .400 Ikes struck in 1977 or 1978, and no non-proof S-mints for those years. Only 1971-1976.
Looks like a D to me, as it would have to be (clearly not a proof, so not an S). The mint marks on these were ridiculously undersized.
And how did you manage that? Did you find a teller who was eager to get rid of the things so they didn't need to be re-counted every night?
Oh, of course. Last I checked, eBay specifically forbids listing any coins from unapproved TPGs with listing photos that show the slab grade....
This came up a few years ago. Apparently some die pairings are slightly rotated....
Binary 01101000 converts to ASCII lowercase h. ;)
I'd love to think autocracy is obsolete, but I see some pretty heavy-handed folks all around the world who apparently didn't get the message. If...
I can't grade these for squat, and I really can't grade them from photos, but it certainly doesn't look any lower than high AU to me. May be MS,...
Sort of the opposite. You'd still etch (damage) the coin, but you could impose the date of your choice. While I don't think I could pull it off,...
As the resuscitator noted with the introductory "Zooming ahead to 2024". ;)
The other thread was talking about peracetic acid (white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide). I haven't tried it yet myself.
So what did they do with the contents? I've heard people say that bank workers were instructed to throw away anything that wasn't credited as...
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