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You'll also notice that on this coin, and on most other dated coins from the 1400s, the numeral "4" hasn't quite evolved into it's modern form; it's kind-of written at a 45 degree angle, an… (View Post)

Actually, it does say it was a half eagle. It literally says it was a "half eagle, then being a species of gold coin current in the state of New York". This is a legal document where the ex… (View Post)

I never keep duplicates. Never. So to rephrase the OP's question for me personally, that would be "Would you deliberately buy a downgrade?". To which the answer is "Obviously, no"… (View Post)

I've noticed Google's translator gets confused if you ask it to translate the text on the images of the coins themselves - it can't recognize the raised lettering as text. For example, with this coin… (View Post)

I'd happily volunteer/work for a coin dealer, but I wouldn't want to be the principal owner. I'm too "nice". To be a successful coin dealer, you can't be listening to every sob story that w… (View Post)