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It's a base metal knock-off used for jewelry. The bezel is probably worth more than pot metal.

The contentions are, overall, correct. But use of gold coins also varied with different parts of the country, denominations, and time periods. Western territories and states saw greater gold circulation than the North East and Mid-Atlantic. The South had limited gold circulation because it was a critical payment for imported items, further; much of the population was isolated and too poor to ever see a gold coin. The smallest and largest denominations circulated very little: $1, $3, and $20. $5 and $10 were more frequently seen and $2.50 up to about 1900. The Indian designs were not liked by almost everyone who handled coins. Treasury documents and gold movements are absolutely clear that the only time there was much public demand for gold coins was the christmas/New Year holiday period. That result is to be expected by a merchant. They handled more coins than wage earners, and had a tendency to hold back anything unusual, thus further concentrating the impression of more extensive gold coin circulation than was the case. An uncle of mine worked at the central US Post Office in NY City for 15 years -- mostly at a counter position. Over that time he saved every Indian cent, every odd-ball (commemorative) half or other silver coin, and every gold coin received across his counter. When he gave the coins to his son, my cousin, there were thousands of Indian cents, 2 $2.50, 2 commem. halves (Stone Mountain and Columbian Expo), a couple of 3-cent silver and 3-cent nickel, and that was it. Liberty 5-cent were too common to keep.

Wasn't that the evil inventor of the Daleks in Dr. Who?

Print runs for numismatic books are tiny, but so is the market. There might be, say 1 million coin collectors in the US, but the number of people looking for a specific subject or more generalized information is small, and the proportion who actually buy and read a book is smaller, still. Amazon and other sellers also demand a large discount which further limits book availability.

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Eagle RJO -- Here's a version of your coin photo with the midtones shifted to better show doubling on date and motto. Hope you don't mind.

Publishing remains active, merely in a different format. The real problem is preservation in that (those) new format(s).

As for the current book -- the design is simple, direct and emphasizes a subject of vast confusion to coin collectors here and in Europe. The green text is part of that and is the same color as in the Saudi flag. It is all intended to catch the eye of someone looking at a book display at a coin show or a dealer's store.

To me, roadbike asked a reasonable question to which I gave a reasonable and truthful answer. It's a useful kind of question because it's part of design and color which are important factors in attracting attention and in presenting the author's attitude and approach to the subject. Several years ago, while working on the CD-book, Silver Dollars Struck Under the Pittman Act of 1918, I was trying out different cover designs. The first was of a Colorado silver mine, albeit, abandoned. It was a stark but eye catching image....,much as melted silver dollars were a reminder of a era past. Yet, as I looked more closely, the design was cluttered -- too many parts and shapes. It was also ominous in rust and gray. Colors and triangular image were excellent, but.....it was not "right" for the subject. So I went back to WW 1 designs and looked for stronger symbolism. I found that in a poster showing an American eagle placing a crown of laurel ("victory") on the British lion's brow....wasn't our Pittman Act part of that victory, part of supporting our allies, part of rewarding freedom over totalitarianism? (Will America be able to crown a free Ukrainian tryzub with laurel in the same manner?) The original was black and beige - no other color. I recolored the laurel and mimicked the eagle's head color with a darker shade background. The composition is direct, simple and evocative of respect and shared responsibility. Here, roadbike's suggestion made perfect sense emphasizing a tight vertical column ending with broad eagle wings. Roadbike and Quintus each make valid points, and it's nice for me to have an opportunity to delve into how and why I choose certain cover designs.

Authors usually make nothing, and even when they get a small commission, it is far less than the value of time and work put into research and writing. Several have tried POD "print on demand" but the quality is low and individual copies are not as inexpensive as promoters claim. Others have tried the subscription approach popular in the 19th century -- people buy before printing, and the author prints only to prepaid orders. Both of these options result in books that are more costly than expected and are very difficult to locate after initial publicity.

The book has already been printed. More detail is on the Coin Marketplace forum. I specifically wanted a bright white on the cover to make the green text "pop out" a little. Beige-range colors tend to indicate bland or generic -- that's why home builders use beige carpet and paint.

Strange. Mine originally had a 2018 date. Now it's normal and currently says 17 hrs ago. The alloy is more-or-less typical raw copper. 18% lead is a little high. It might be one of the Latin "aurichalcum"-type of golden colored alloys used for Roman sestertius and dupondius denominations, but the absence of zinc is puzzling but the tin might compensate in producing the "golden" color; as is the absence of trace elements such as silver, arsenic and bismuth.

...almost five years ago....dead thread.

JPM: I am not going to say any more until I see the whole coin if it is BU. There's a bug someplace -- I did not write the quoted section.

Your first step is to prepare a carefully written, clear, illustrated article and submit it for publication to one of the major hobby publications. After that you'll have to follow the trail of responses, possibly give several public presentations, and see if any of the variety websites decide what you see is significant for a variety listing.

Fraser's Washington portrait is so superior to the Flanagan version -- difficult to understand why it was rejected -- same for the reverse.

Your 1943 cent is an entirely normal, rusted zinc coated steel piece. It has a realistic fair market value of between one and two cents, Please stop watching those stupid U-tube videos. Please...?

Eichstätt - Bishopric. Sede Vacante 2 Taler 1790-W, Nürnberg mint, KM95, Dav-2212, Gebert-106. 55.98gm. By Johann Peter Werner. The final Sede Vacante issue produced prior to the secularization of the bishopric.. Not actually a circulating coin but a commemorative medal 2 Thaleren weright. Your piece is EF.

The addition of 43 1933-dated coins to the 1932 DE total is explicitly stated by the Coiner, William Bartholomew. This was a normal procedure but used only when necessary - for example if a delivery were condemned and could not be made up before the change of date.The documents are in a folder at NARA Philadelphia. Context was in relation to the Barnard case, but the information was never shared with defense attorneys and possibly not with the Treasury either. In the Langbord case, the Treasury "expert" came across it during his research, but did not understand any of the documents. He admitted at trial that I was the only person able to explain Bartholomew's signed memo and how this processes worked for gold coinage. I presented the info at trial, but was prohibited from explaining how all of this worked within the ACTUAL operations of the Mint. The Treasury "expert" did not know how the Mints operated in 1933 and presented wrong info. to the Court. I was not allowed to correct the errors. Facts were not very important on appeal. Thus, the fact that 43 DE dated "1933" were made in early March and counted with the 1932-date DE was likely not considered by the jury. The judge just wanted to start his summer vacation.

I'm just too optimistic....

Condition depends on abrasion/defects to the struck part of the planchet. That indicates personal inspection is desirable. The planchet is typical and likely "as not-struck."

Please crop your photos before posting. Members enjoy looking at coins rather than dinner napkins.

Early quarter eagles, $3, (no, the $4 stella is not a coin; it's a pattern piece). 1964 dollars are unknown in any collection and are therefore uncollectible.

Yes. That's RG 104, Entry 328-F. There is nothing useful on-line - so you'll have to have someone go to College Park and copy the files. The finding aid does not have details of contents or page count for each folder in Box 10, but many have about 100 pages per folder. Pages are usually in reverse chronological order.

Nice find! (I assume the dandruff is on the 2x2....)