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If you can definitively tie it to the person or business that counterstamped it the value does go up. Mavericks - ones that have indecipherable or common names probably lose value from a straight gra… (View Post)

I'd bet that someone found it in 1912 and sent it to the bank for redemption. (View Post)

I think the forgeries are more interesting than the originals sometimes. Some of them are fairly crude with lettering, milled edges etc - amazing to think that the people who created them passed them. (View Post)

Be funny as hell if you took it to Antiques Roadshow and they declare it a "National Treasure" found in the town dump. Definitely a good rescue. (View Post)

Just so you know, the chewed up Canadian dime is .800 fine silver. (View Post)