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The trajectory of a bullet is a slight arc. Depending on many factors there will be a closer yardage that will match a yardage further away. Most people think bullets fly completely flat until they start dropping from gravity. Depending on your rifle and rounds it could be that you aight it dead at 25 yd, it’s an inch or so high at100yd, and back flat at 200yd. But ballistics is probably more complex than numismatics. Depends on a ton of factors like the load, barrel twist, bullet weight, environmental conditions, speed of travel as it leaves the barrel, etc… One of my far too many hobbies is long range shooting. It takes forever to work up a load for a new gun and barrel. If you see a guy with a chronograph, taking notes, etc. he is trying to work out a lot of things Then once you have them figured out you can calculate your ballistics and effect of the round from cross winds, heat, and all the other factors Very long winded response to say for deer hunting that’s probably close enough to do as you were told. But precision shooting it wouldn’t just be ok to sight in at 25 and assume it’s flat out to 200

That nickel looks more like a character from The Walking Dead than Jefferson.

I was inspired by all of the new purchases and picked up this Coronet Cent for the type set

Then if he chooses the right Chicago suburb, which there are many, he can add a coin with a bullet hole or two. That’s deserving of a spot in the set for sure.

I agree. The more I’ve looked I believe this is one of the ones with actual .6 grams of gold. Not the plated ones I shared from eBay. One of the ones conder mentioned. It may be worth $30 or so in gold.

Never seen a gem merc I didn’t love. This is a beauty.

Lem is coming out blazing on the type set. Look out folks! Very nice. What more could you want? Beautiful toning, MS67 gem, green bean and throw back holder.

The only value in this coin is in the silver content. The numismatic value is long gone from circulation and scrubbing as Coinbuf said. It’s worth roughly $2.80 in silver depending on spot when you look. Not a long or exciting story. Sorry.

I’m sure it will be a good read. Look forward to it. Restrikes in particular are an area I have identified as an area of development for me.

Definitely a worn die on the obverse. You can see the abraded areas around Washington. What you are seeing in the lettering is probably partially die erosion and some strike/mechanical doubling as well. Die erosion doubling is like it sounds. The dies erode and allow metal to flow outside of the intended design slightly. Mechanical/Strike doubling is caused by the die and/or planchet shifting in relation to each other during the strike. It “smears” the design slightly to simplify it. Hope this helps.

My first comment is in line with oldhoopster. I read your content before responses purposely, and the newly minted numismatist comment doesn’t seem like a good fit. Other considerations simply to simplify the reading experience: Supernumary could be reworded to simply say numismatic or collector value because that’s the point I think. Collectors added additional value that wasn’t previously there through added collector appeal. In the last sentence is democratized really what you want to say? It isn’t a democracy per se, but I completely understand the point. Value is now assigned by what the masses are willing to pay for it. Perhaps say that value was collector driven or demand driven by increased collector focus. Take these with a grain of salt. Nothing wrong with the original. I love your books but sometimes simpler might appeal to a broader range of readers. Don’t water down the content whatsoever but if you can convey a point more simply and concisely it will probably go further. I have always felt that the best teachers and most influential experts in any field posses an uncanny ability to take complex topics and distill them into a simple explanation. No need to take a straightforward point and unnecessarily make it complex.

Well done sir! Your pictures are amazing and I love the multi-holder layout with the shells. I see why there was a registry award given last year.

Before you auction them or other means I would love to see a list. I may buy all or some of them depending on what they are.

Jdude, Welcome to the forum. You can go about this in a myriad of ways. I’m assuming given the question you aren’t very experienced with buying and selling and that’s ok. Here are a few thoughts and options. 1. You can carry your coins to a local dealer or dealers in your area. They can tell you what most are worth and make you an offer. Go to a couple and see where the best offer is. 2. You can buy a red book, and price the coins. Just remember that you are looking at realistically 50%-80% of book price when selling. 3. The best option is to look at sold prices on eBay and auction houses to see what the coins are actually selling for. But with little experience and the number of coins this would be a large task. 4. You can post them in a spreadsheet on here and some of us are happy to help and may make an offer you on some of them.

I found some old articles and it seems like these pieces contain .6 grams of 24kt gold. If @Conder101drops by I saw him chime in on the discussion from 2017 I read regarding these They are currently for sale on eBay for $7.99 https://www.ebay.com/itm/233779141054?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAAAkD1FoHxYFMaQ23xmedhmAzqFu2%2Bz9m5gSNdTl%2BwZ5YsRqQ2bry7kqJw9yPEybh3%2BlGinSEYilSA%2FHcUa742QIqxVKqU%2BfnObAka075lVmIpQBloYUhWVexCHXID2yAd6f6s17viVynIXZPAe5FDLgT%2BYY5owsyUBp8GHiF6UHJZj74gB2pVWMd72h914E74IeA%3D%3D&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=233779141054&targetid=1262376589176&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1013139&poi=&campaignid=12874531321&mkgroupid=123924889842&rlsatarget=pla-1262376589176&abcId=9300535&merchantid=6296724&gclid=Cj0KCQjwh_eFBhDZARIsALHjIKeKgUe7iMhopytCx1qj5QITUkuiT9HeIIqbrCXOmwChcfFyzRnjFNEaAmcREALw_wcB

Are you saying you found more than one? You have a 43s and a 43 in the pictures. Are you saying you happened to find both of these? And looking at the pictures it looks like possible 3 different coins. There appears to the two 43 and the 43s.

I don’t think they will certify a novelty item like this. If it is solid 24kt gold then that has value obviously simply for the metal content, but I’m guessing it’s 24kt plated. If it’s a thin layer it won’t have any real value. Do you know more about this? Where did you get it? Does it have a COA and what does it say it is?

The wide rim coins are only in 79. They switched to this design in 80 and forward. So it’s only rare on a 79. With that said even a wide rim 79 isn’t “big money”. In MS65 I think they are around $30-$40. Circulated like the one posted, even if it was a wide rim which it isn’t, would not be worth more than a few dollars probably.

The 3 looks altered to me

Agreed. Just a normal Nickel with staining. For good measure, pun intended, you could weigh it. Should be 5 grams and minor variances are acceptable. If it was a foreign planchet it would probably weight differently.

Bronze is a combination of copper and tin or other metals. The pre-zinc cents were 95% copper and 5% zinc. Then they transitioned to 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper. The bronze cent mentioned is a transition error where a 1983 was struck on a pre-transition planchet. Some refer to them as bronze and some just say copper.

No, but ironically he did grow a marijuana plant in his store as a display one time. The police department gave him permission. It was short lived because my grandmother was convinced someone would break into the store at night to steal the plant 😂

This reminds me of my grandfathers office. He had the only pharmacy in the rural county in Alabama I grew up in. He had an office in the back and it was decorated with vintage pharmaceutical paraphernalia like this. I love the look.

Beautiful. I love it when there is a combination of high luster and toning. Those two meet for some very sweet eye candy like this one.

It may just be my phone screen resolution, but does the color look off to anyone else? I know it’s partially lighting but it looks almost copper on my screen.