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RWB

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  1. RWB
    Your best available analog is the standard silver dollar. Planchets received identical treatment before striking including the "whitening" process which removed part of the copper from the planchet surface. There is no great reserve of pristine Trade dollars. The U.S. Mint Bureau melted all it had for recoinage into subsidiary silver pieces.
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    Chemical replacements for cyanide (i.e., thiosulfates) in bulk leaching have made passive extraction from certain tailings and low grade ores practical. (Several of the popular TV gold mining shows have mentioned this but it's not a dramatic or visually interesting process.)
  3. RWB
    Silver medal for the 18th shooting festival in Heidelberg, Germany July 14-21, 1901. The obverse has a portrait of Grand Duke Friedrich I von Baden (1826–1907). Your medal is worn and has noticeable edge damage.
  4. RWB
    The change in gold price to $35/oz stimulated an even greater surge in mining, including mines that were only marginal before 1934. The present open market price has had a similar effect although it is spread over a decade or more.
  5. RWB
    Here is the Medal Dept. Cuban proof coin records.
  6. RWB
    Well, the "hua-ha-ha-ha" part is appropriate.
  7. RWB
    Fortunately, this was one of several large collections that survived the Nazi occupation. Records of the Tripartite Commission list several private collections that did not make it through intact.
  8. RWB
    Hint: Bradford is the one wearing a hat.
  9. RWB
    Trading one commercial dependency for another.
  10. RWB
    Note that the "value" in the price guides are generally retail. A coin dealer might offer you 70% of that.
  11. RWB
    EF. Readily available with defects and damage as shown. Might get an offer of $70, but no more since I doubt it will "grade" due to edge damage. But --- might be wrong on that. I've seen worse in TPG slabs.
  12. RWB
    To the positive side, one must admit that Mr. Carr's Madison County Coin Club medal is certainly near the apex of a typical 10-year old 5th grader's artistic skill. So, in that respect Mr. Carr is evidently at the "top of his game."
  13. RWB
    Here you go.... Someone paid almost $98,000 for this 1899 cent with average detail. ( 2009 April-May Cincinnati, OH (CSNS) US Coin Auction #1124 / Lot #2091)
  14. RWB
    Sadly, very true even in sloppy language. Merely basic greed. Fortunately, there are a small proportion who actually want to learn more although they might not know quite what it is they want to know. However, there are many for whom the interest is broader and deeper - part of our economic and cultural heritage - and for whom "wanting the coins" is merely the superficial beginning, not an end.
  15. RWB
    A counterfeit is a counterfeit -- even if made by someone with the talent of a 5th grader.
  16. RWB
    One cent coins without a mintmark were produced by the Philadelphia Mint (or occasionally the West Point Mint when it was an adjunct unit of Philadelphia). They are of no collector value.
  17. RWB
    Why do you accumulate counterfeits when there are so many authentic coins to collect. You're merely encouraging criminal enterprise.
  18. RWB
    Nice. Is this the "Liberty with black eye" variety? She has quite a welt under her left eye.
  19. RWB
    Still fuzzy. Even with enhancement it's not sharp enough or lit well enough for grading. The green corrosion, however, becomes noticeable. Sorry.
  20. RWB
    If the OP is referring to this ugly garbage showing characters with severe thyroid and eye diseases, please go away....or at least, leap off a tall building with a single bound.
  21. RWB
    Out of focus. Poor resolution. Not gradable from the photo supplied.
  22. RWB
    Lightly circulated and discolored. EF - but only if the viewer could look past the color mess. No collector value.
  23. RWB
    In future, please post real photos, not grainy screen grabs. Members need to see detail, not screen pixels.
  24. RWB
    Nice example ! The "twelve Caesars" are easy in denari, but not in sestertii or aurei. Can you show us some of the others? Nice to see you posting again !
  25. RWB
    The proposed Trade dollar book and reference was intended as a long term consolidated repository. The proportion of coin collectors specializing in this design is, as noted above, very small. This means there is no profit potential in the information - except for buying/selling coins.