RWB

Do you refer to "misaligned dies" or a heard of bovines?

Most 1916 pattern pieces have wear and or damage from internal experimentation or circulation. Condition should always be mentioned, but might have limited effect on price.

The thread title is: "Mercury Dimes. Care to post your favorites?" It doesn't say one must own the coin. on the J-1981 pattern, I could possibly "own" one digit of the date....

Nope. Read the HPA.

Wealth could be concentrated in diamonds and easily concealed (even swallowed). Gold was much harder to deal with.

Hubs of Hawai'i 1883 coins.

What if the beard is separate from the person? How about women with beards?

Very easy to make this an empirical measurement -- but the TPGs resist, hence we find nice BU coins labeled PL when, so far as can be determined by photos, they are not.

When you upload the video, make sure to check the "Free Popcorn" button, then watch your coffee cup holder!

Unusual that Treasury would order proof coins. I wonder what they were for?

No. It has a value of 10-cents.

It was very informative and well organized.

Just a few beginning things the ANA Board could do to help collectors and the hobby. Aggressive action against all counterfeiters and those who distribute and sell fake and altered coins and medals. Close attention and input to all proposed legislation for commemorative coins and coin design changes, including sales and distribution. Direct communication with US Mint senior staff and becoming part of the vetting stakeholders for designs. A seat on the CCAC.

Hawaii was an independent country, so the coins were struck in 1883 for a foreign government just as were those for El Salvador or Ecuador. That it later became a US colonial territory and then a state is interesting. Philippines were a Spanish colony given to the USA after the Spanish-American war. It was not independent at any point in the 19th century. The coins made for use there were indirect obligations of the US under the Philippine Organic Act. Much the same for Puerto Rico.

It appears that the most common asset conversion was into diamonds. Small, light, easy to transport a lot of value in a small space, easily converted into cash once safely out of Nazi hands.

Perfect for chickens crossing a freeway in the fog.

The fields do not have any kind of mirror-like appearance from the photos -- just early luster in a radial pattern. Maybe some printed page reflections would help.

There is data on the subject of the amount of gold brought into the US by immigrants. It was requested by the Treasury Dept and provided by steam ship lines for multiple classes of passengers. First class had a little gold to exchange in Europe and vice versa, but they used letters of credit for most things. Steerage passengers often carried all they had in the world, with most possessions turned into coins and paper currency; most was paper with a few silver and gold coins, but not a large sum -- $5 or $10. Experiences after landing in America depended on what the immigrant family did for income or by trade. Farmers had almost no cash of any kind except at harvest. Merchants cycles money through the business; wage earners barely paid the bills unless fortunate to have a needed skill. I feel that most commentators give entirely too much credence to claims that ordinary people used gold coins or to its importance in the economy. Most of the stuff sat in Government vaults -- it was not wanted.

The photo does no suggest a PL coin.

Cents and nickels were neither counted nor tested individually. Occasional samples were taken, but that was all. Everything was by weight of large quantities. Most likely an end of strip blank or a thin spot. Pattern cents in 1942 were all about replacing copper, not using it in coins.

Middle and lower income families did not have or save gold coins -- they represented too much value to hold on to. For middle class people, a gold coin or two might have passed through their hands occasionally, but again it was too much to keep and not use. Only big city banks had gold coin on hand, and then only for their "premier" customers. Gold was a dead asset neither yielding income nor drawing interest. PS: It still is.

Attempt to polish soft die resulted in severe degradation of detail. same thing happened to quarter and half dollar.

100% fake toning/tarnish.....Looks like a carnival prize. Sure hope the others are better !

Nuthouse is/was a crook, liar and thief, as well as a counterfeiter. Simply out to con people out of money. If he'd been "coning" roosters that would be ok....

Already out --- but you misspelled "bored."