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I think it is really a matter of affordability. If "the young people" (however that's defined) seem uninterested in collecting "the classics" (however that's defined), i… (View Post)

Press reporting a the time shows that it wasn't Barber that was the instigator of the initial's removal, but Secretary of the Treasury, Franklin MacVeagh. There was some suggestion to repla… (View Post)

The stuff in rubber bands that makes silver turn black is sulfur, forming silver sulfide. We call this deposit "tarnish" when it's black and ugly, and it can be treated just like any o… (View Post)

These countermarks were placed on imported Spanish dollars by the Bank of England to validate them for circulation in England. The countermarked pieces circulated at slightly higher face value (4 shi… (View Post)

In short: no. This does not happen. If the mint were to deliberately damage or deface a die because it failed an inspection, it would simply be destroyed; they wouldn't carve ampersands on it an… (View Post)