My grandmother lived on Dewes St just off Harlem Ave. One plane landed in the street a block away. Apparently the pilots had maneuvered so they...
I have been reading about the minting of Large Canadian Cents and how a "matrix" was part of the process. Is a "matrix" the same as a "hub"?
What a great cache of coins. Well, if the LCS was asking high prices for them, perhaps that means these coins really do sell when the time comes....
Those are some mighty fine photos.....
This is a really nice collection, and I imagine it took a great deal of time to find all of the coins, and organize them so nicely. Bill in...
Beautiful, beautiful coins....
I've done a fair amount of roll hunting, and I've never found a 1950s coin that had that much red. This alone is an achievement. I always get a...
I like Canadian Coin News. there isn't as much focus on "high investment grade coins" (for me, not a big draw, but nice if you can do it!). They...
I used to sit at the kitchen table with my Dad. He'd go through all his loose change for interesting coins. When the U.S. coinage changed to...
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[ATTACH] Here's one volume of a 4-volume set that lists all the coins from Day One, by Montini. It also has mint information as well as...
The Papal States have have been minting coins since around the seventh century; in 1929, when Vatican City became is own territory, the coins...
[ATTACH] I really like the colors and surface (smooth)of the coin above. It seems to be a thinner coin than the NJ coin I previously posted....
Here is the second Colonial coin I have acquired
23-P it is. I did find an entire catalog where Stacks-B sold only NJ cents. Some of them were gorgeous (and expensive) and there were some that I...
I don't have an attribution guide but yes looks like 24-P and I'm seeing these same comparison points: Obverse N and A in Nova aligned with same...
Here is the reverse. It's not the most appealing coin, due to both the graffiti and the corrosion, but all of these coins are good sources of...
Thanks for this idea. Sometimes it is easier and quicker to drag rather than to open files, etc. Have never used this at all for photos so this...
Thanks for this attribution. I'll work on making better photos.
Thanks for this suggestion! It's an excellent one.
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