Western silver discoveries had not yet reached the Philadelphia Mint, and production remained under a million pieces in this year, elevating this issue beyond a “type coin” pricing profile. This example further claims near-finest known status at CAC, which notes 47 pieces total, five coins in...
He came out from behind his table to flip the coin in the aisle. I was to call it while the coin was in the air, then let it hit the concrete bourse floor. I called heads, the coin hits the floor and bounces and rolls around and…HEADS! But here’s the kicker. It was an 1893...
Isn't this akin to having a rare coin with a date of 200 B.C.? Anyway, these prizes are not true first editions, but evidently some sort of lame, propaganda ploy used by publishers to pimp their sales numbers. First Thus. After a book runs its commercial course with its original ...
BWLCH GWYN, in the Parish of TOWYN, iu the County of Merioneth, near the Market Towns of Macliyitllelh, Dolgelley, and Aberystwiih, and coinalolng lo^ eibrr A. * 1 II 3<> P. of A. « ble, Ale a dow, and Pasture Land, with Sheepwalks on the adjoining Hills capable of ...
to two of whom, ( viz. Chair, and John Taylor, for coun- terfeiting the current coin of the realm-,) the Learned Judge gate no hopes of mercy—| In this case, the officers from Birmingham found on the prisoners premises many dies for coining sovereigns, half- crowns, and other coins...
There was certainly no complaint of a superabundance of circulating medium; bat will any one suppose that the parties who issued this 50 millions of paper, had 50 millions of coin, in gold or silver, ready to pay it off at a moment's notice ? As- suredly not! and yet our countrymen...