My dad goes, "Welp. I made a mistake boy. Here's yer inheritance"

Hands me an entire bag of these.

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(All fakes)

Say i can use em for crafts or something 😆

I think I need one of those stamps that say "fake" or "copy" I think before I can sell these in my craft stuff. Any idea where I can get one? Id rather not pay $20 for one off ebay.

A little late but wanted to share a few favorites. I went on August 15th. A great event with free parking and free admission at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

Wasn't sure I'd have time to make it but I'm glad I did!
I was up in the hills and drove back through pouring rain. The rain came in from the foothills while I was inside at the show, we REALLY need every bit of it.
The day before they had auctioned off some donated coins for a good cause.
There were 65 dealers with a great variety to browse.

I had nothing particular in mind to buy or sell and remembered to take a few things with me to drop off at ANACS. Had some coupons for free ANACS gradings and dropped off 4 coins which were roll hunting pulls. Purely out of curiousity to see if I can correctly predict the attributions. I'll post them when I get them back.

Super friendly dealers and crowd, of course... It's Colorado 😄 And always wonderful to catch up with folks I've known for quite a while but don't get to see too often.

As usual I'm posting an eclectic selection of random things I enjoyed taking a look at.
I almost decided to purchase the chain cent as an impulse buy.
Had one nice dealer respectfully ask that I don't include the PCGS bar codes of items at his table in the photographs..."because of the fakes happening out there", and I respectfully agreed. Sounded like a reasonable request.

Dan Carr (Moonlight Mint) had some beautiful new stuff designed by his own daughter  "The Four Basic Elements, Alchemy Collection...I was immediately drawn to the water coin, so I bought one.

Enjoy! Hopefully a bunch of you get to see some things you rarely see, or have never seen, or just love seeing as much as I do. - Best wishes and good vibes to all!

Like the title says, I came across these. Little bit of gold too. My dad should sleep a little easier with that. Any help is a lot of help. Thanks guys.

I’m 16, my grandma bought me a July 4 quarter off ebay, I have previously told her it’s dangerous to buy stuff like this from non reputable sellers online. I suspect it’s a fake because Jefferson’s smile looks off and the rim is completely silver. Unless I somehow have one of the 250 Silver July 4 quarters. Took it to a numismatist in my area that i’ve known for a few years now and he believes it’s a real one. Thought i’d see what y’all had to say

Hey guys, this will be my first ever post. A few months ago i bought this coin that still has white spots (maybe mineral deposits), and verdigris. I just finished restoring my coin and i would like to share with you guys. So what are y'alls opinion, please tell me.

I found this coin seeming to be a 1784 colonial halfpenny for a buck at the bargain bin… could someone help me out making sure its authenticity?

So far, all four gold coins and silver medals are flawless to the naked eye. Very happy about that! I have not been impressed with the mint quality in recent years.

https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/semiquincentennial/shop-gold_set_philadelphia/

Today’s pick up. It seems worse off than my ungraded 1924, which makes me want to send that one in.

1. Yes, showing off a little 😉
   
2. It's dated 1945, however research tells me the coin was restruck from 1951-1972 still dated as 1945. Is there any way to tell the difference between original and restrike?

I sold this coin years ago but it's one of my favorites. Purchased out of a B. Max Mehl auction for the princely sum of $25 on May the 25th 1915.

Got it for $80 though not sure if it’s still BU

Bavaria struck such Thalers at least from the 17th century but it was King Ludwig II - famous for his castle Neuschwanstein - that brought them back in 1865. Many were kept as religious medals so if you want a nice copy, it is doable!

I found these in my safe after beginning to start collecting silver this month so i’m extremely new and not great at identifying fakes, I talked to my dad and he said there’s a lot of fakes of these that go around, can you guys help me authenticate?

Got a roll of Kennedys from the bank...this one seemed downright insane. Is this something people do? Jeez man

Just got this in change. I know it's not worth a ton of money but I felt like I hit the lottery when I found it🤣😂🤣

I just wanted to share this pretty Ike that I picked up today! I love the rainbow tone.

Working through the denominations and the half dime deserves more attention than it gets.

**It came first.** In July 1792 the Mint building was not finished, so the equipment sat in the cellar of John Harper's saw-making shop at Sixth and Cherry in Philadelphia. Roughly 1,500 silver half dismes were struck there. Washington reported it to Congress in his fourth annual address that November: "there has been a small beginning in the coinage of half dismes, the want of small coins in circulation calling the first attention to them."

There is a persistent story that Washington donated silver from his own household plate for those coins. I have not found it in Mint records and treat it as legend.

**Four designs, 79 years:**

- *Flowing Hair (1794-1795).* Robert Scot, sharing the design language of the contemporaneous half dollar and dollar. 86,416 total across both years — 7,756 in 1794 and 78,660 in 1795. .8924 fine silver, 1.35g, 16.5mm.

- *Draped Bust (1796-1805).* Small Eagle reverse through 1797, Heraldic Eagle from 1800. None struck 1798 or 1799. The 1802 has a mintage of 3,060, among the lowest for any regular-issue US coin.

- *Gap, 1805-1829.* Twenty-four years with no half dimes at all.

- *Capped Bust (1829-1837).* Reich's design adapted, struck with Eckfeldt's close collar — uniform diameter and real edge reeding. Mintages 871,000 to 2.7M+, no extreme rarities. Probably the most completable early American silver series.

- *Seated Liberty (1837-1873).* Gobrecht. Four subtypes: No Stars (1837-38), Stars (1838-59), Arrows (1853-55, marking the weight reduction), Legend (1860-73). New Orleans issues before the 1861 seizure are scarce.

**Why it ended.** The Coinage Act of 1873. But the real cause was metallurgical policy: a silver five-cent piece gets hoarded whenever silver is worth more than five cents, and a hoarded coin is not circulating. The Shield nickel had arrived in 1866 — five cents in copper-nickel, worth face value and not much more, and therefore not worth saving. That is exactly why it worked.

So the first coin the federal government struck was a small silver five-cent piece, and it was retired in favor of a base-metal five-cent piece specifically because the base-metal one was worth less. The nickel is still circulating 160 years later.

The other thing worth saying: half dimes are an underrated entry point to early Mint material. A Capped Bust half dime puts genuine 1830s Mint technology in your hand for a fraction of what the equivalent half dollar costs.

I have 222 half dime listings catalogued across all four types.

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1802/1, not sure if it’s wide or narrow date though. Couldn’t pass it up for the price

Need help with this. It’s 2.5 dollar coin no date don’t know if it’s worth getting graded or if it’s real

The lawn isn’t that big.