He’s been around to abandoned churches in Lake Clear, tuberculosis houses in Saranac Lake and even active Olympic fixtures in Lake Placid with his gear, finding Indian Head pennies, buttons from the 1700s and 1800s, and rings. Stephen Krupka metal detects in Denny Park in Saranac Lake for...
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The United States Mint, for example, aside from ensuring that sufficient quantities of circulating coins are produced for public use, is in charge of: 1.) Distributing the minted US coins to the Federal Reserve banks and branches 2.) Maintaining custody and protection of the US bullion assets...
Mike Davis began collecting coins around the age of 10 and later dealing in coins by the age of 12 in a retail space within his father's jewelry shop in Berea, Ohio (see the vintage Newspaper Article above from the Berea News, datelined July 24, 1958). Mike's love of the hobby, hi...
Dimes or ten-cent pieces were also one of the first coins made in the United States in 1796. The design used on these early coins was similar to all silver coins minted in the late 1700s. Coinage of dimes continues through today even though the design has changed several times over the...
This large oblong bronze 100 Mon coin of Japan, known as the Tempo Tsuho, was struck from 1835 to 1870, a period of transition in Japan from the long ruling Shoguns to the modernization of the Meiji Restoration. The undated coin's unusual shape and large size has made it a perennial ...
Great Britain, silver crown, 1935, 25th Anniversary of the ascension of King George V,(S-4048), PCGS MS64, #40119718.. ... Price realized: 900 HKD Lot 8784 Estimate: 6000 HKD Great Britain, proof set of 15, 1937, from the farthing to the crown,PCGS PR 64 to PR 66. Includes th...
We also continue to try to acquire choice shipwreck US gold & silver from the SS Republic, SS New York, and SS Central America. A gem 1857 S from the SSCA was recently added as well as a 1857 S double eagle very rare from the SS Republic. We at Gold Cobs want to educate you abou...
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Gold Cobs from the Florida shipwrecks of the 1715 Fleet & other New World wrecks. Spanish Colonial gold cobs from Lima, Mexico, Cuzco, Bogota, and Cartagena