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The Korea 1960 file appeared and took 2 min to download on this end. I've deleted it from Dropbox. File was checked and is complete in PDF format. Korea establishment new coinage system. 1:30 download. Check and complete.

I have 2 TB capacity for files, so it should accept all you upload. You do not need an account. Sizes suggest she photographed everything. That requires patience -- everything is stacked in pin-binders in reverse chronological order. Just putting the stack back together and take 1/2-hr or more.

Try this site: https://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help

OK. Thanks!! How big is the file?

The whole box would be great! I have a Dropbox account. I can set up a folder. When you get an email from Dripbox, just copy the whole thing. I'll download it, and let you know I received it. Folder ready.

Great! Would it be possible for me to get a copy of your photocopies? I will add them to my database.

Newspaper articles about rare coins, including 1894-S dimes, and the ice cream cone story, etc.

FYI - There is an immense untapped resource for world coinage and related matters in NARA at College Park, Maryland. Recently, I helped a researcher in another country find hard data that answered several questions about US contract coinage for his country...long-term arguments were conclusively settled. IN another instance the authenticity of an art work was confirmed by a US Mint letter that specifically referenced the item, creator, etc. The mystery and confusion of Saudi gold was, likewise, dispelled and is now aiding identification of varieties of these pieces. Yet another instance involved identifying the planchets source for late WW-II coinage of Belgium (I think it was Belgium). There are other examples. It takes some "digging" to go through all the thick files of letters, but there rewards among the masses of unpublished material.

Glad you found it! Much of the time, I never learn if the suggestion I made was actually helpful. I presume you went to NARA College Park. What was your experience like? PS: It's a good habit to include the location information with a post or printed publication. It helps readers to be aware of the historical links.

Thanks for a very interesting letter. Where was it located at NARA?

Will add this to the info wanted list. Only the engraver's and local mint die records MIGHT have these data -- and almost all of those docs are "missing?" Much depended on the Coiner's attitude and DM's orders when he was located at the Philadelphia Mint. Die control from 1873 forward was very tight; before then less so especially before about 1856 when the Coiner did most the working die manufacture. Things became tighter once Longacre got direct control over die production.

By piece count, most US coins were copper, then copper-nickel (88-12%).

"Trime" was never a common nickname either when the coin was in use or later. A few have tried to add that moniker, but the name has never stuck and remains an oddity.

"Trime" was not used to identify the coin ... "three cent silver" was it.

"MAC: is a side dish, not a main course. "CAC" is salad, also not a main course. Are you trying to decide which coin you prefer by appearance and collection "holes," or does money and profit potential come into play?

"Good luck."

The false part is not the text - it's the insinuation that legal tender had to be gold or silver. That is the kind of half-truth used by people with a biased agenda to inflame and confuse others.

Ya' got me stumped, there. I know nothing about these and other silver tokens or medals. Sorry. [The quote on the medal is widely confused. Here is the full text: Article I, Section 10, Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. This clause refers specifically to actions prohibited to individual states, not to the Federal Government. States may issue bills of credit, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, etc.]

Also known in the Carney Business as "Squeeze the Rube."

That is very likely if your purchases are made based on what you like, collected knowledge, and an abundance of patience. However, over time any gain will probably be modest and true investment vehicles will produce a much better return. The rare coin market is tiny, and each piece is evaluated individually by collectors.

New Orleans' large production of silver dollars in 1859 and 1860 was intended for export trade to Asia. US merchants were attempting to compete with Mexican 8 Reales/Pesos. Persistent failure led to the Trade dollar and the mess it created. I recall there was only 1 bag of 1860-O dollars in the Treasury release from the early 1960s --- but my memory might be faulty.

Numismatics is not an "investment;" it is a hobby. If you go into it with the purpose of increasing your net worth, it is a waste of time and assets.

Anyone have serious responses (in addition to the several that have been posted)? Quintus/Henri --- please just go away. Thank you.

It is a mutilated 1918-S half dollar with a bunch of embossing patterns added. I don't want to pretend that any collector would want this.

#1. 1964-D Peace dollars. There's a lengthy chapter in my book A Guide Book of Peace Dollars. That includes all the facts, not gossip and nonsense. Nothing new has been located since the book was last updated. #2. Not really. Most "lost treasure" inventories are either lost or never existed on a level of coin collector interest. The various ship wreck contents were also unknown until the wrecks were located and looted (umm...explored for profit).