Sus. The staples aren't "original"
Makes you happy, keeps you off the streets and out of the bars? Call that a win-win-win...
It's really no different than any other series. You are looking at visual appeal, so you want to make sure there are no hugely distracting marks,...
Most of @SensibleSal66's coins are from the QuarterMaster
That's also true of precious metals, albeit with a floor based on their value in use. More generally, the value is what people are willing to...
The physical token just has the symbol and that's only worth the metal. Now some are funded, that means the address of a wallet with coins is on...
I've posted on the half disme before. The evidence is in Jefferson's day book (diary) where he recorded ALL of his expenses. Prior to his...
https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/george-h-w-bush-coin-and-chronicles-set-available-on-september-17 According to the mint Program Name...
That really is an astonishingly ugly coin.
It's not like there is a single, authoritative reference that's going to decide. I guess you could check NGC's coin explorer for a referee... You...
It could well have been GSA the seller AND GSA the platform. But I've seen auctions on various platforms where the actual seller has nasty terms...
Are you sure? GSA is both an auctioneer and a seller on their own account. GSA's T&C refer you to the seller's terms. I know of a couple of...
Did you ever figure out who the actual seller was and chase down their terms & conditions?
Do recall that the dies sent out to the branch mints had not been hardened. That is an exceptionally difficult process when all you can go on is...
Sweet!
The correct term is "Doubled die" not "Double died". As in the elements on the die were doubled during its manufacture. Not as in it died twice...
That seems to have been a common stress point, opposite the large metal movement of the beginning of Lincoln's coat. I've seen several small die...
I have to ask... was the problem that it was a fake $100 "bill" or that it was empty...
Well, that nugget is worth half the box cost, so ...
BTW the "single day" was my misreading the image. The four die pairs were RECEIVED on a single day, and were retired from use on three days at the...
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