Dwight_M ✭✭✭

If money were no object , and someone wanted the 10 sexiest , coolest, best in class coins to own, the finest 1804 10 proof and the 1794 specimen dollar would both make the cut. Trying to distill dow… (View Post)

FWIW. After buying the king of Siam set , I was in New York meeting with Larry stack in 1992 and we were looking at buying stacks. After a while , he pulled out this coin and said I should buy it . T… (View Post)

“Restrike” is used to describe a coin or medal struck after the date of the original die, and from a die that struck a coin earlier. 1804 bust dollars were never made. And tens only for circulation. … (View Post)

A medal commemorates something. A token is a memento or souvenir. The Brasher was coined as an American equivalent to the Spanish gold doubloon. It’s historical. It’s American. And it was meant to be… (View Post)

It’s ridiculous to say pre 1792 coinage made in New York isn’t American coinage. Of course it’s American. It’s colonial America and is more important than anything Post 1791. Considering the coiners … (View Post)