Rare 1982-D Small Date Copper Found - Numismatic News
WEBKen Potter. Dec 23, 2016. After 34 years, a 1982-D Small Date cent struck on a 95-percent copper-alloy planchet has finally been found and confirmed by me. A Minnesota collector who wishes to remain anonymous discovered it while sorting through 1982 cents by weight to save the copper-alloy pieces for their melt value.
Major Error Discovered on Kanaka‘ole Quarter - Numismatic News
WEBJul 20, 2023 · The extreme strength of the clashing of “EDETH” is due to Kanaka‘ole’s name being raised on the die and incuse on the coin. This is just the opposite of most coin designs where the elements are incuse in the die. This is the same reason the clashed “E” on the 1888-O VAM 1A dollar is so strong having been created from the incuse word ...
Show Calendar - Numismatic News
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Get your listing added online and in print. Submit your show info here to get started. ALABAMA Sep 28 AL, Trussville. Central Alabama Coin Show. Trussville
Series 2017 $1 Federal Reserve Notes hard to find
WEBNov 27, 2018 · Have you found a series 2017 $1 Federal Reserve Note in circulation yet? These are the new notes with the facsimile signature of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin printed rather than in cursive. I ask if you have found such a note for two reasons. The first is I have been included in a number of emails from collectors and dealers of paper money.
Coin Clinic: Advice For Selling U.S. Mint Proof Sets
WEBApr 27, 2020 · The relief on a coin is the distance from the lowest to the highest surface design element. A U.S. Mint Ultra High Relief coin has a higher degree of protrusion in the field than a coin of unusually high relief. I would define “unusually” high relief as being greater than what is seen on normal circulation strike coins.
Collectors Find Duplicated Federal Reserve Note Serial Numbers
WEBJan 12, 2021 · This was about the $1 Series of 2013 FRNs where the Bureau of Engraving and Printing accidentally duplicated 6,650,000 serials in the B* block between the Washington and Fort Worth plants. That article profiled a team of collectors led by Ed Zegers in Maryland and Karol Winograd in Florida who organized to attempt to find a matched pair from ...
No longer unique: Second Close AM 1992 cent found
WEBSep 18, 2009. A second known specimen of the elusive 1992 Philadelphia minted Lincoln cent struck with a “Close AM” (of AMERICA) design style reverse has been reported. Kie Brown of Gales Ferry, Conn., found it while searching circulated rolls of Lincoln cents on July 24. The variety, which has become almost mythological due to its rarity ...
1955 Jefferson nickel deserves attention - Numismatic News
WEBOct 22, 2018 · An entire uncirculated roll listed for only $7.50, but in a soft market for nickels, no one really paid much attention. Today, the 1955 has gone up in price due to slabbing the higher MS grades. The gains may have beaten some can’t-miss stocks, with an MS65 currently priced at $25. An uncirculated roll is now $19.
The History of the 1965 Winston Churchill Commemorative Crown
WEBJul 24, 2019 · After an extraordinary life, Churchill passed away in London on Jan. 24, 1965 at the age of 90. On March 16, 1965, only seven weeks following his death, Parliament voted and approved the Churchill Crown. In September, the Royal Mint released a limited issue Churchill circulating commemorative crown honoring and memorializing his life.
Dealer Directory - Numismatic News
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