Mike Meenderink

NO They are just little play money tokens.

1917 Standing Liberty T-1 25c grades F15 eBay $19.50 w /tax & free shipping value $80-$100 graded. Another one please....I've been on a raw roll lately....Love this coin's antique look. Typeset bound.......

While damaged the mint escaped relatively unscathed. The surrounding area in the immediate area of the mint was completely destroyed by fire. The photos below are originals taken 2 days after the fires were extinguished. Many people died in this horrific disaster. The fires reached temperatures hot enough to melt steel and vitrify stone. It spread so quickly many had no chance of surviving and died in their homes in terror. On April 18, 1906, at 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California, killing an estimated 3,000 people as it topples numerous buildings. The quake was caused by a slip of the San Andreas Fault over a segment about 275 miles long, and shock waves could be felt from southern Oregon down to Los Angeles. San Francisco’s brick buildings and wooden Victorian structures were especially devastated. Fires immediately broke out and–because broken water mains prevented firefighters from stopping them–firestorms soon developed citywide. At 7 a.m., U.S. Army troops from Fort Mason reported to the Hall of Justice, and San Francisco Mayor E.E. Schmitz called for the enforcement of a dusk-to-dawn curfew and authorized soldiers to shoot to kill anyone found looting. Meanwhile, in the face of significant aftershocks, firefighters and U.S. troops fought desperately to control the ongoing fire, often dynamiting whole city blocks to create firewalls. On April 20, several thousands of refugees trapped by the massive fire were evacuated from the foot of Van Ness Avenue. The army would eventually house 20,000 refugees in more than 20 military-style tent camps across the city. By April 23, most fires were extinguished, and authorities commenced the task of rebuilding the devastated metropolis. It was estimated that some 3,000 people died as a result of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and the devastating fires it inflicted upon the city. Almost 30,000 buildings were destroyed, including most of the city’s homes and nearly all the central business district.

Level One Completed. You now have learned to not buy anything for real money that you have no idea what it is. A common beginner mistake. We all did it, everyone does in the very beginning... until they clam down, go broke or give in and decide to learn before they leap. Coins are not about making a quick buck...this rarely happens even for the savviest experienced collector. If something seems too good to be true it usually is. Coin collecting is full of subtle nuances, detailed information sourcing, grading skills, historical knowledge, mint process and practice knowledge, key date, variety coin knowledge and error coins ...etc etc.. the list goes on and on. Take the time to get a few books on basic coin collecting and the coin minting process. This knowledge will better position you for future coin collecting or purchases. Welcome to the hobby. You are no longer a newbie you've taken one in the shorts...you're in the club now get smart enough to never let it happen again. Cheers.

In that condition your 1941 P 1/4 Gulden is worth about $5.00 maybe $7.00 to the right buyer. The melt value is around $2.05. This was one of the highest mintage Guldens of the 37- 45s with a 32M+ total mintage and is VERY common in higher grades. Nice coin to find in a cent roll. I'm Dutch so I should know lol. Cheers!

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No the coin when final graded will not have" conserved "on the label. If the coin qualifies for conservation it will be conserved and then sent to NGC grading. If the coin qualifies for grading it will be graded and encapsulated as the graders see fit.

Hello sweetheart! Finally, an actual find! As the others have stated it is a DDO FS-101 and a groovy one at that! The shift is strong giving it the true psychedelic effect. Seeing that Lincoln cent errors are all the rage currently among many collectors my advice would be is to have it authenticated, graded and encapsulated. The others are correct that it will receive a details grade but having the clear, impressive DDO far outshines the scrape. The coin IMO is worth at least $200 graded AU Details (several have sold at auction in DETAILS), a bit more if it was not damaged and a whole bunch more if it was MS with no scratch. Good find. Cheers!

During the plating process there are/were several contaminants present in the plating solution. Even low concentrations of hexavalent chromium, which can be dragged into the bath on the racks, will produce dull and spotty deposits. Chromium can be reduced quickly to its trivalent form and precipitated by the addition of proprietary reducing agents directly to the plating bath. Hexavalent chromium also can be converted to the inactive trivalent state by means of high-current-density electrolysis or by adding sodium hydrosulfite or sodium stannite. There is disputed evidence that trivalent chromium left in the plating bath can be re-oxidized by air back to hexavalent chromium. The best procedure is to precipitate the chromium and remove it by filtering. Zinc contaminants will plate out simultaneously with the copper, causing brittle and brassy looking deposits. Zinc can be removed by dummying the bath at 0.2–0.4 A/dm2. Dummying also removes many other metallic contaminants. Sulfur and its compounds cause dull, red deposits in low-current-density areas. These usually appear in deposits from new baths as a result of the use of impure cyanides or leaching out contaminants from tank linings, racks and anode bags. This is why some zinc copper plated cents have a different tone or color to them. Cheers

Your 1808 1/2 cent is really nice. I just picked this one up for my dad for his US 7070 circulated type set. Your is much nicer .....I only paid $45 for the 1805 1/2 C below. He likes coins with character.

I have found a mule. Here is my extraordinary evidence.

With hopes and dreams dashed upon the rocks of knowledge the character slowly walks away, head down but not broken, into the abyss of further introspection and instruction..... END SCENE

It looks like a shattered die or die deterioration strike. Not particularly rare but some collectors like these coins. Technically its an error. Really its just a quality control issue. It may be classified as a basic mint error coin if determined to be a shattered die strike. Cheers.

That is a urine stained quarter you didn't touch it did you?

I will take things I should have never read for $2000 Alex....