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These cuts look way too intentional to be from someone trimming a cigar. Too deep as well...unless they were using a hatchet to cut the end off. I'll guess that it was someone simply screwing around … (View Post)

Here is a Lincoln Peace medal that stopped a bullet from killing a member of the Ute tribe in Colorado in 1873. While it saved his life, he still considered it "heap bad medicine" because h… (View Post)

In addition to the Clapp 2nd-tier large cent collection (the 1st-tier collection is at the ANS), they also have Clapp's shell collection. Few realize that, after a brief introduction to coins in the … (View Post)

Yes, these are products of the Medallic Art Co. (MACO), and were sculpted by Robert Weinman. (View Post)

@CoinNewBee The Journal of Early American Numismatics (JEAN) would be a better fit for this, also published by the ANS. You're more than welcome to send it to me or Christopher McDowell (the editor o… (View Post)