While researching Saint-Gaudens Eagles for a book (similar to the Double Eagle book) I came across a slab photo of a perfect D/S mintmark - this thing was clear and both letters looked equal in strength. Only found the one coin photo. More digging turned up the same holder and coin ...
This is evidence of the hardness of sapphire and a testament to its place at number 9 on the Mohs hardness scale. More germane to this discussion of gemstone hardness though, is the reason why sapphire and ruby (of the same family, Corundum) are so highly recommended for everyday wear je...
who each received a standing wage of 5 shillings a day. When they actually served in court and were fed at the king’s expense, their daily wage was 3 shillings 6 pennies. Their two parallel departments provided food and drink through a series of officers carefully graded as to pay and...
It's in that area of expertise that nominees for the award are graded, ac- cording to Barrett. "Each installation NEC submits a packet that goes to the (93rd Signal Brigade) and those packets then go to a board. (Then) each board member rates them," sa...