.... Sometimes pronounced "Fakey."
Careful, don't drop it down the sink! ;)
Nice coin... but I still think the portrait looks more like Queen Beatrice of Nederland that Eliz II!
Real purty!
Oh yeah, well how about this nice 1859/8 cent.... [ATTACH]
Left: Another 1859 with repunched 5 and lumpy 9. Right: labeled as "low 9," but looks more like a differently lumpy 9, to me. Sorry about the...
You may recall a few months ago I posted photos of a large cent that I bought about 35 years ago, advertised as a brass 1859. At the time, the...
I'm not an expert, either... and I don't play one especially when real experts might be watching! :joyful:
Love those provincial tokens! ... and they fiddled with the dies enough to create a whole collecting specialty.
1859 cent, double-punched 5... and looks like they messed up the 9, too. What was with those people? ;) [ATTACH]
Pic looks great, to me! Nice token.
Here's a detail from my 1859 DP#3... not new, just a good match for the Charlton's photo on page 40 (2015 ed.)...[ATTACH]
A U.S. Congressman once complained that U.S. coin designs were "crummy." I disagree; I would have said "boring." (BTW, he was speaking of the...
I have a set of CLC's in the Whitman album, and it has a few 1859 varieties and all 3 1891 varieties. I keep other varieties in 2x2s and a Capital...
US proofs had no mint marks until 1968, when the Mint started making them in San Francisco. Philadelphia coins (proof or circulating) didn't have...
I think the brand name is DYMO, not dyno. These quaint devices still exist!
Often called the "rocking horse crown." Fortunately, Britain returned to the Pistrucci St. George & Dragon design.
Nice coins, Soren!
Fresh off the anvil, too! They were hammering 'em right outside the building. From the looks of their website, they've moved on to grander things.
Bought these outside the British Museum in August 1986, at a "Money" exhibition. The mint has an interesting gallery at...
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