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Newly Discovered Treasures Dug Up in Philadelphia
Here is a press release from Stacks about the Die Trial Dollar found in Philidelphia Newly Discovered Treasures Dug Up in Philadelphia Soil Near First United States Mint Yields Unique Early Pattern (NEW YORK – JULY 9) Stack’s August Milwaukee sale will include two pieces recently discovered in the soil of Center City… -
Re: Did anyone ever take the trip to Niagra Falls?
I was in Rochester last week on business, and drove up to Niagra Falls over the weekend. It was my first time there. Actually, I was rather disappointed. The water below the falls looked dirty/polluted to me, compared to the beach here in San Diego. I went to the Canadian side, on a friend's recommendation. The "Maid of… -
Stove serves up coins, metal
Stove serves up coins, metal By Staff Reports 7/7/2004 View in Print (PDF) Format CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) -- A landlord is sure glad he looked in an old stove before he threw it out. Inside were vintage coins and nearly $4,000 worth of gold and silver bars. Vincent Bilotti came across the stove when he was cleaning the… -
Re: WHAT TYPE OF COIN PRESS was used in the Bombay Mint in the late 19th Century?
I think what I believed to be an innocent and instructional post will turn out to be an eye-opener. As I wrote before, I was told that old screw presses were used to strike coins at the Bombay (now Mumbai) Mint in India including Trade dollars. I also wrote that when I tried to provide a link to this information, I only… -
Re: Met with ToTellTheTruth yesterday
Welcome Back Dr. D, I found my notes I was keeping last year. I got to the timeline/notes part - the March 29, 1969 death of Pfeffer - said JB's gold coins were sold there prior/up to his death. Was this the ~40 original unmarked coins from the original dies, or part of the big batch of marked Omega coins from the new dies… -
Re: Serious question about NGC and forgeries
<< <i> am not sure if NGC Ancients is slabbing modern counterfeits, like the ones from Bulgaria, that are very deceptive. I think they are slabbing the counterfeits that circulated along with real ancients. Again, I can't seem to get an answer from NGC Ancients. >> They'd only be slabbing contemporary (ancient)… -
Re: Hansen watch.
_**Capped Bust Half Dimes, Proof Information from PCGS POP Report. (1832, 1833, 1835, 1837 did not have any PCGS certified specimens) 1829 H10C (Est. 20-30 known) PCGS Total Pop 11 coins (1 CA) 1830 H10C (Est. 5 to 6 known) PCGS Total Pop 2 coins (1 CA) 1831 H10C (Est. 10-20 known) PCGS Total Pop 3 coins 1832 H10C (Not in… -
Re: Lafayette 4-E Commemorative
Don't know if this helps, but this is the auction of the coin you show. Unique DuVall 4-E Lafayette Dollar 1900 $1 Lafayette Dollar--Cleaned, Retoned--ANACS. MS60 Details. DuVall 4-E. Presumed unique, the only known survivor from either the obverse or reverse die. The Lafayette dollar is an unusual commemorative issue, in… -
Re: 6 minutes until April First on the east coast!
Did this story really happen or were we all pranked? A Massachusetts teenager found a rare penny in his lunch change and kept it for more than seven decades until his recent death — without ever knowing it may be one of the most valuable US coins of all time. The lucky piece could fetch up to $1.7 million when it hits the… -
Re: SMS Question
TooTawl, Much of the information regarding production of the special mint sets is limited to heresay, as it is believed most if not all of the mint records from that period were destroyed by Stella Hackel-Sims (mint director Nov 1977- April 1988). In an effort to save space, she ordered most of the working mint records…
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