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Re: Is the 1818 14 star large cent a contemporary counterfeit?
STONE January 03, 2010 If you don't mind notwilight, I'd like to continue this thread by stating that I feel that the Jefferson Head Large Cents are contemporary counterfeits. I don't know how likely… (View Post)1 -
Re: Why 1859 mint annual report figure is different then the number stated in reference books?
The confusion over the 1857 and later figures is due to the Mint changing their reports from a calendar year to a fiscal year basis in July 1857. The 1858 report, for example, covers the last six mon… (View Post)3 -
Re: Did John Harper change the way the Mint struck coins in 1796?
What RogerB reproduces as a screw press was actually called a Lever press in the early Mint documents as there were two kinds of screw presses used at the Philadelphia Mint in 1795, the Lever and Whe… (View Post)1 -
Re: The Story of 1815 Coinage
Very good with but one minor correction. Cent planchets, made by Matthew Boulton of Soho (near Birmingham, England), were received at the Philadelphia docks in late November 1815. They were stored in… (View Post)3 -
Re: Did you know that the 1884 trade dollar...
The 1884 and 1885 Trade dollars are not coins in a legal sense. They are medals struck with coin dies. To be a coin in either of those years requires a warrant signed by the superintendent of the Phi… (View Post)1