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Consult David W. Lange's books on coin boards and albums. His work is the authority on this subject.

USe the 2023 --- the 2024 has no newer material.

People do odd things to bolster their self-importance. They refuse to disclose location of stolen property, hide Classified documents, lie about anything and everything, keep a secret treasure map found at a Truck Stop grocery, etc., sit in jail for years.

Unless either buyer or seller of the original "pile" is willing to truthfully record what occurred, the facts will never be known. That is "business as usual."

They should be graded - that is, examined for wear - exactly the same way. "Proof" is merely a method of manufacture and not a condition.

Yes. Typewriters did not have the digit " 1 " on them. Typists used either a capital letter "I" or a lower case "L."

Interesting letter from the newly appointed mint director to the future President. Washington, D.C., Hon Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis, Ind April 14, 1879. My dear Sir Your letter of the 11th inst. is received. It was a pleasure to find upon my entrance upon duty in this Bureau that your son was among the officers under my personal supervision. I believe that I once met you personally and I have known you long from public reputation and can assure you that the success of your son in the discharge of the duties of his office will give me great pleasure on his account as well as your own and I shall gladly do what I can to contribute to that end. Truly Yours, Horatio C. Burchard, Director of the Mint [Indiana State Library, Manuscript Division. Filed for convenience in RWB NARA RG104 entry 229 box 14 of 17]

The coins are merely part of normal production. The ebay junk-sellers are people trying to take advantage of uninformed buyers who have been watching too may Zombie films. There is no collector market (or value) for these except among sheep lined up to be sheared.

The photo shows a very nice Very Fine coin. When TPGs began expanding "AU" to cover EF coins (pushing EF upward into AU), they had to make more room at the lower end. That pushed VF upward into the EF grade. Hence, this might have happened to your 1893 dollar. It is worth VF money, not EF.

Damage, as are all the other scrapes and scratches.

Removed for editing. Might confuse readers.

No "meat" to the article. That might imply more promotion than real numismatic value.

Maybe Mrs. Bertha Palmer mentioned the incident in her diary? Where is that....? At tea with insiders to the Board of Lady Managers....?

Alternative interpretations of conventional reality. Every system is constrained by its components. It's practice for thinking of new ways to connect ideas or physical concepts. Also, for exploring behind and within the superficial structures of perception. A simple example: The best structure for a space ship might consist of a glass (silicon oxide and protein) lattice. Mass would be a tiny fraction of other materials since most of the structure is "empty." Rigidity is better than any known alloy, and flexibility allows alter-and-return geometry without damaging the space ship.

Take a coin to the Post Office and send it to yourself via Registered Mail. When it arrives, put it on a table (or some secure place like the cat's poop box). Print the letters N G C on a piece of paper, and place the paper on top of the Registered envelope. You now have "a coin registered under NGC."

[Blue arrow.] The note seems to imply that at least 1 Philippine peso coin was sent to the controller. But $2,07 seems awfully expensive for a coin officially valued at 50-cents.

That merely emphasizes your loss.

This was the cornerstone of coin buying/selling before the TPGs promised consistency, but delivered confusion. Buyer and seller negotiated, usually within the boundary of an accepted grading guidebook. Each balanced their opinions versus price to create personal desirability. "Luster: was just one of those opinion-based attributes, and no one tried to FORCE it into the "grade" or wear.

Nope. The entire incident was completely unknown outside of the US Mint document files, and possibly contemporary coin dealers -- who said nothing (or knew nothing).

AU (real, not phony TPG "AU") but very nicely detailed.

That is left to others. Evidently no one has looked since 1893.

Lee, It should be in my next CoinWeek column.

Sorry. These don't count as real "testing." Nearly 6 months elapsed between the last CuNi 5-cent coin production and the new CuAgMn alloy in 1942. Regular alloy did not return until 1946.

Merely another mutilated coin. Not an error of any kind.

Here's the enclosure, as requested. RWB All of the 1904 and a couple of 1905 boxes are available on NNP at no cost to users.