Paget who designed the portrait designer and where in multiples appear to have been punch in the die that way as they appear the same on each coin. You will see references to short water lines (SWL) referring to the water lines in front of the canoe and which normally touch the canoe....
Bag Toning– This occurs when the surface of a coin has changed color from being stored in a cloth bag. The material that comprised cloth bags contained metal-reactive chemicals, including sulfur, and when stored for extended periods of time, the coins near the cloth would acquire attractive b...
California Specials first surfaced in the early 1970s. Coin doctors would take a slightly prooflike specimen, give it a high mirror gloss in the fields by polishing it heavily, then apply some sort of acid etch to the raised devices. This simulated a "cameo" contrast while improving the ...
struck coins that could be considered a “widow’s mite”. And the conclusion that can be made that any circulating prutah coin of the area could have been given as donation in that story. Of course there are certain coin types that would be more plentiful or more scarce than others, bu...
We probably are, unless we raise our self-esteem and become aware of how we’re choosing our loved ones. For example, Mary had a loving but often critical papa. Her first husband treated her the same manner. Nevertheless, after powerful therapy, she raised her self-esteem and only chooses...
"There can be no serious objection raised to the provision of the law requiring that on the other side of the coin shall be a figure or representation of an eagle. It has always occupied a place there, sometimes in a more natural pose than at others. When this provision was enacted 130...
"There can be no serious objection raised to the provision of the law requiring that on the other side of the coin shall be a figure or representation of an eagle. It has always occupied a place there, sometimes in a more natural pose than at others. When this provision was enacted 130...