Conder101

LIBERTY isn't allowed in China.

LIBERTY isn't allowed in China.

I doubt they will ever demonetize it (half cents are still monetized)  But they will probably eventually drop the melting restriction.  Just like they did for the silve coins once the amount in circulation dropped to a miniscule level.
 
That's why after they are all glued down they are then coated with a plastic resin.  They effectively become like those coins embedded in Lucite.
 
One thing you might be able to do with them is sell them on eBay to other copper hoarders.  I remember back when the horder of the copper cents started you used to be able to sell them for 2.5 to 3 cents each to other copper hoarders.

I doubt they will ever demonetize it (half cents are still monetized)  But they will probably eventually drop the melting restriction.  Just like they did for the silve coins once the amount in circulation dropped to a miniscule level.
 
That's why after they are all glued down they are then coated with a plastic resin.  They effectively become like those coins embedded in Lucite.
 
One thing you might be able to do with them is sell them on eBay to other copper hoarders.  I remember back when the horder of the copper cents started you used to be able to sell them for 2.5 to 3 cents each to other copper hoarders.

Yes but Canada is apparently much smarter than we are.
 
USA Today story from NINE years ago.
 
This works, but only if customers are never allowed to purchase more than one item at a time. Once you start buying multiple items you're back to sometimes it rounds up and sometimes it rounds down.
 
The Swiss don't have a 25 rappen coin, they have a 20 rappen.
 
And THAT does allow the prices to be set so that after tax it always rounds up, and the rounded up price is then posted.  Plus in this case purchasing more than one item DOES always result in higher profits for the merchant.  Having the sales tax built into the posted price DOES cheat the poor.  Set your prices so that after tax is applied it rounds up 2 cents and that allows the merchant to pocket an extra 2 cents on every single item you buy.

Because it's the same book.  On Biblo it identifies the seller as Robertsbookshop.com.

Yes they start with burnished planchets.  ALL planchets are burnished as part of the cleaning process.  But I think the frosty surfaces are the result of a slight etching of the die surfaces.

There are 10 different varieties of these holders
Redfield
Black with no grade, black with MS 60 grade, black with MS 60 grade changed to 63 with blue labeling tape, red with MS 65 grade Paramount International Coin Corp extends all the way across the insert, red with MS 65 grade Paramount International Coin Corp is smaller font ending about 1/2 inch from either edge of insert, red with MS 65 grade changed to 67 with red labeling tape, green with MS65+ grade
Non-Redfield
Black with MS 60 grade, red with MS 65 grade, green with MS 65+ grade
The two Redfield types with the labeling tape altered grades were altered on the insert BEFORE the slabs were sonically sealed. so they were done by Paramount not an after market alteration.
The green inserts are probably the most difficult ones to locate followed by the ones with the altered grades, then the red one with the smaller font Paramount etc.
The only variation I have not seen is a non Redfield with no grade because that holder would just say "US SILVER DOLLAR PARAMOUNT INTERNATIONAL etc"

Not yet, but I expect it's only a matter of time.

Yep, you send them back you'll get a refund.  Can't send you new coins, they don't have any.

Yep, you send them back you'll get a refund.  Can't send you new coins, they don't have any.

Thanks for the file Roger.

With those weighs I think your scale is weighing in standard pounds.  This is nowhere near precise enough for weighing coins.  You need a weight in grams to two decimal places.

It's a joke referring to the fact that the piece is a Chinese counterfeit.

Yes the tokens were for making change.  In the early years of rationing the stamps were worth a set amount of points but items purchased  were often for a fewer number of points and there was no way to make change, so you just lost those points when you made a purchase.
There are two letter combinations that have some value.  The red MM and the red MV.  The MM is relatively low value in the $5 - $10 range.  The MV can easily go for around $100.  When I first started collecting the OPA tokens there were only 24 MV tokens known.  More have turned up over the years and today there are probably 150 - 200 of them.  The blur tokens are a little scarcer and there are four blue tokens with combinations that start with W that are a little tougher, but not so much as to command a serious premium.
 

With all those raised blemishes in the field I would strongly suspect counterfeit.

What is fun is when the coin or note is an anachronism.  In one Gunsmoke they show the back of a $50 bill, a SMALL size $50 with the post 1929 back design.  In another one during a poker game there are two Saint-Gaudens double eagles laying on the table.  And finally in yet another poker game you see a silver dollar, a Peace dollar.  Gunsmoke is set in the 1870's

I'm not sure but I believe one of the reasons the insurances companies got such a small award was because manyof the firms saying they paid claims on the wreck no longer had the policys/documantation.  The policy's had been paid and they never expected the cargo would be recovered so they had disposed of the paperwork.

What is fun is when the coin or note is an anachronism.  In one Gunsmoke they show the back of a $50 bill, a SMALL size $50 with the post 1929 back design.  In another one during a poker game there are two Saint-Gaudens double eagles laying on the table.  And finally in yet another poker game you see a silver dollar, a Peace dollar.  Gunsmoke is set in the 1870's

You misunderstood me, the tolerance IS .13 grams, but until the weight is about .4 gram out of the tolerance range it will not normally command any significant premium.  A cent the weighs  say 3.26 grams is out of tolerance and is technically an error but it isn't worth anything.  A cent that weighs 3.55 grams, about .3 grams outside the tolerance range would be worth a small premium.  But get the weight to 3.65 gramsor more and the premiums will start to become significant.

With that much weight missing, and no visual evidence of etching from and acid, I would strongly suspect a missing clad layer.

I'm not sure but I believe one of the reasons the insurances companies got such a small award was because manyof the firms saying they paid claims on the wreck no longer had the policys/documantation.  The policy's had been paid and they never expected the cargo would be recovered so they had disposed of the paperwork.

With that much weight missing, and no visual evidence of etching from and acid, I would strongly suspect a missing clad layer.

I strongly suspect a fake.

Only from people who collect signatures or who HAVE to have every label variation.  I collect coins, not signatures.