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My only dealing with Paul Sims was about two years ago, when he offered an 1802 half dime (raw) in his full page ad in a numismatic weekly. Both myself and another well known half dime specialist con… (View Post)

"I am confused, why did someone say it no longer exists?" Who said that? I don't see any such comment in this thread. The Grand Old Lady certainly still exists, and it is my understand… (View Post)

"A side point, the $3 mintmark on the known example was engraved by hand - so perhaps other pieces in the cornerstone are also hand engraved examples." That is very interesting, and somethi… (View Post)

Two contemporary numismatic researchers and authors, Richard Kelly and Nancy Oliver, have conducted extensive research into the San Francisco Mint cornerstone, its whereabouts, and its contents. They… (View Post)

As several others have already pointed out, Walter Breen, in his "Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins" assigns four digit numbers to each variety of coin he had encountered. One should… (View Post)