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Philadelphia November 21, 1845 [Excerpt] “If you think well enough of me to give me your cordial support to the Secretary, I , on my honor as a man will do all I can towards placing the character of … (View Post)

A further reason for objections. One day, the US Mint might use powdered metal technology for certain coins - such as a $5 piece made from titanium with an anodized surface. Such a coin would accurat… (View Post)

The language used by ErrorsonCoins and Fred Weinberg is reasonable and fully applicable to numismatic coins. Here is a private pattern piece made from sintered powder metal. It has no visible similar… (View Post)

RE: "On the NGC and PCGS forms, I put the words 'Improperly Annealed Planchet.' " That works fine. It's descriptive of the cause, which might be "fire scale" "… (View Post)

Very attractive dollar. It's obvious that minor surface marks were made soon after the coin was struck, and that it lay untouched for a long time. FYI - the corner break on the short nock is cha… (View Post)