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Re: How were the 160,000, 1795 Silver Dollars distributed to the public?
The following page, from the Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine of December 1963, ought to answer the question. It should be noted, however, that the May 7 & 8 payments of dollars to David Rittenhouse… (View Post)11 -
Re: Anyone heard of the John Q. Adams collection?
JQ Adams was Minister (ambassador) to Russia during the Napoleonic era. He picked up a fair number of Russian coins and medals while there, of which I obtained several from the 1971 auction. (View Post)1 -
Re: My Century Type Set. (1 coin from each century) 26 Centuries of Coinage.
A very nice set and one that clearly took time and effort to put together. The 2000 Sac dollar coin, however, is 20th century, not 21st. This is easily rectified with a post–2000 coin. (View Post)4 -
A “new” variety of the 1796 quarter dollar
Well, perhaps not new. This was found today on auction.ru and the seller, a resident of Novosibirsk, is asking one million roubles ($19,000). Is this a known Chinese counterfeit or something new? (View Post)1 -
Weight tolerances for a Type 2 cent planchet
Some years ago I obtained a Type 2 cent planchet but do not recall if copper or zinc. It weighs 2.68 grams which seems a bit heavy for the zinc but well below the 3.11 grams of the copper cents. Does… (View Post)1
