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I met Dr. Rubin many years ago. Her daughter was an astronomy professor at UMass Amherst when I was a grad student there. It's good to see astronomy and space exploration themes on our coins, an… (View Post)

Here's the 1870-S half dime nestled in with my set, as it was in 2019. Then-owner Tom Bender was pretty freely letting people examine it, and let me have a complete set for a few minutes... I wi… (View Post)

The 1804 silver dollar is another notable instance of backdating. (View Post)

Thanks. I got mine at a decent price, still in plastic wrap, from Jack Beymer, I think, at a Baltimore show. If you're interested in pre-Seated half dime varieties, this is the book. Don't … (View Post)

I'd go for a mint state 1846 half dime (only three out there), and would hope to have more than half the cash left to get some nice type coins or just keep working on nice examples for my half d… (View Post)