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WEBBy Numismatic News Staff Aug 30, 2024. World Coin News. The Mint of Finland to Close by Spring 2025. The Mint of Finland will cease its production operations in the spring of 2025, marking the end of over a century of coin minting. By …
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 ...
Value of bank notes? Star at the end of a serial number!
WEBSep 13, 2007 · To distinguish the break in consecutive serial number run, these replacement notes have a star at the end of the serial number sequence, rather than a letter. This has generally been the practice since 1928. This image is from the recent auction held by Lyn Knight currency auctions. It features a 1963A series pack of …
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 ...
Edges tell the story for authenticating - Numismatic News
WEBDec 30, 2008 · Counterfeit “numismatic” coins often do not circulate so their edge remains “mint sharp.”. Another characteristic we look for when evaluating an edge is uniformity. Counterfeit edges tend to be highly uniform while the edges of genuine coins vary. Take a look at the reeded edge of an Indian $2.50 or $1 gold coin when you get the chance.
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.
Lincoln Cent Errors Discovered in Virginia - Numismatic News
WEBJan 14, 2022. 2021 Lincoln cent Rim-To-Rim Die Crack, Stage 1 (left) and Stage 2. (Images courtesy Robert Risi.) G.J. Lawson of Hampton, Va., didn’t have to go far to end 2021 by hitting the jackpot. He pulled a small quantity of pretty major Rim-To-Rim Die Break errors out of a local store from mid- to late November.
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.
Kagin’s Distributor of New Spanish Bullion Coins
WEBDec 14, 2021 · The coin’s obverse features the famous Columnarios – the Pillars of Hercules design representing the joining of the two Old and New World hemispheres, with the two globes crowned over the sea and the motto “PLVS VLTRA” appearing on ribbons mounted on opposite pillars. This image, prominently depicted on the Spanish silver “pieces of eight,” was arguably the world’s most ...
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 ...
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