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I agree that it might seem like a kind of odd topic for a COAC. A Brenner conference was already a part of series of programs the ANS was putting together for VDB's 150th. I was independently re… (View Post)

Indeed it was a lot of money! They circulated in the West even longer, until the 1890s (up until WWI?), hence the existence of pieces like this 1874 8 reales that has a US dime and half dime riveted … (View Post)

There were a few CWT added to the ANS collection contemporaneously, but not many. Here was the first that I know of. 1864 token of James Foster of Chicago. Copper-nickel. Listed as R-10 in the databa… (View Post)

1937 1 Peso of Cuba. Key date. 0.900 Silver, 38mm, 26.77g. Struck in Philadelphia. American Numismatic Society, 1985.154.3 (View Post)

Hi All, I know this is PMD, but what's happening here? Buried, dug up, then cleaned? Chemical reaction to something? This is neither my pic nor my coin (nor those of the ANS), but from a random … (View Post)