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RWB

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  1. RWB
    Well.....The Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) version of "Christianity" was full of saints, and several appeared on their coinage, along with the emperors and Yoshua ibn Yusef.
  2. RWB
    VF Damaged. Largely an album hold filler.
  3. RWB
    See full story on the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63122180
  4. RWB
    Excellent candidate for authentication! Go for it.
  5. RWB
    With there being no attempt to maintain "frosting" on relief, new dies quickly adjusted to the mean surface of planchets. Any "frosted" or cameo coins came from a new die. The Proof coin book 1936-42 shows all known die combinations and when new dies were introduced.
  6. RWB
    What I found is in the the DE book.
  7. RWB
    If anyone has specifications (weight, measurements, etc.) on 18th century US dies please let me know. Thanks!
  8. RWB
    Barely EF --- where did the OP get the idea that this could possibly be "AU" ?
  9. RWB
    All DE to 1907. The quantity will always decline over time due to attrition.
  10. RWB
    I knew Scott and had worked with him for a short time at Mitre Corp. before he left. He was trying to make a go of it in "blog-sphere" but I lost track of him a couple of years back. Sorry that he died so young.
  11. RWB
    Thanks for your helpful comments!
  12. RWB
    There are a few wire recordings, also, and some sound film.
  13. RWB
    1955 proofs were issued both ways. The little boxes were also used for medals.
  14. RWB
    The photos show discoloration....but no evidence of clashed dies.
  15. RWB
    Those who decide to read the source documents will find that in the late 1830s several of Butler's plantation slaves earned outside money by using their trade skills. If you read the lengthy account of the building the the City of Washington from 1791-1800 you will also find examples of slaves doing extra work for pay or fees and keeping the money. Throughout the south, most never had much opportunity to earn money due to the isolation of plantations.
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    As I remember from the archives, government losses (i.e., never recovered) of gold in shipment were small and usually involved military payments. Private shipment losses were more extensive, poorly documented, occasionally not insured at full value, and had no specific purpose. Any recovery was only occasionally reported publicly. 0.46% is merely a semi-educated guess of something that can never be determined with much accuracy - there is simply no enough data.
  17. RWB
    For DE the primary movement was out of the country, never to be seen again. I don't recall if the SF mint DE were being shipped on government account or private.
  18. RWB
    Gold plated junk is common. The plating is so thin that you'd need hundreds to have a meaningful quantity of gold. They might be offered for sale at "$12" but they are worth not more than 50-cents each.
  19. RWB
    Multiple small quantities add up to large quantities. Almost all DE that landed were melted, made into local coin and sent back to USA.
  20. RWB
    Many are known or have suspected locations. Others with coin cargo merely never made it to port.
  21. RWB
    For 1877 to 1907 Liberty DE. Prior to 1877 there are too many wrecked ships to get meaningful numbers.
  22. RWB
    0.46 percent.
  23. RWB
    Honesty & Truthfulness Knowledge of coins Knowledge of grading Reasonable return policy
  24. RWB
    Ordinary circulation coins. Not proofs and never were.
  25. RWB
    Use for alloy is documented for scrap, cuttings, defective pieces and unwanted copper coin. But it also created problems. The copper was never pure, but contained several percent of other metals. At times, these impurities caused silver or gold coins to be too brittle, or the split and flake during rolling.