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Cool fact about the coins! Thank you!

Bump for the UK folks

Half/Fast Walking Club! 

Beautiful! My favorite series!

Jealous! It's my favorite!

On 9/7/2017 at 5:42 AM, Circus said:

silver round

I thought that was Lyndon Johnson at first

You're a very lucky man. It might be nearly a decade since I last found a wheat in change.

On 9/10/2017 at 5:45 AM, Circus said:

High relief medal

I REALLY like this one!

She's a beaut! Probably even prettier in person!

Cool!

9 hours ago, ikaros said:

Considering what happened to us in Nashville with that &*)#^%*)&#$%  _(#$^*()%#*(&  @&*(%^*)#&ing  #$(&*) of a #)&%^#$*) *@*%^% cloud, I take great comfort in eclipses and comets not actually being once-in-a-lifetime events! 

 I think my computer didn't read that font correctly. What did you say?

On 9/4/2017 at 6:28 PM, Ajs1127 said:

Hi all-

 

My father recently passed and was into coins.  We're from Chicago and while going through things I found a roll of 1cent Canada coins and 10 cent Canada coins from the year 2000.   Wasn't sure why he had these as we aren't from Canada.  Question is, are these worth anything or just regular coins?  I've attached photos.  Thanks!

Sorry to hear about your father :-/ 

I am not a Canadian coin collector, but I don't think they are worth much more than face value. 

On 9/1/2017 at 11:16 AM, tom mick said:

Actually glad to see someone alive on the site. Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is I find more of the second star.
Actually the second star impression, is more prevalent and more consistent, then the star within the star.
After examining several hundred. I have only found two coins with the star within the star impression. Compared to the hundreds of coins with the second star impression.

When it comes to errors, we can only assume and speculate what occurred. Unless you are holding the exact die and coin that it produced.

I have found that error coin collectors,. Have a tendency to do a lot of study and research on error coins. But they'd leave out the most important part. How the steel was made for the die that created the coinage. This is extremely important and explains why a lot dies have failures.
Just something to think about

Great analysis. This is one reason why I love this hobby.

And that's why I've never bought from eBay!

That sharp?! That's some fine coining they do!

You'd think you'd find them more often given how many letters are on the edge and how small they are.

On 9/4/2017 at 4:26 PM, papa_joe said:

Thanks Don Quijote this page is a treasure.

Let us know what you figure out!

On 9/4/2017 at 0:08 PM, ikaros said:

Interesting Halley's Comet token - I am always terrifically amused by 'once in a lifetime' events that come back on a regular and incredibly predictable schedule.  Okay, 76 years is a bit of a wait, but I've seen three much better comets than the disappointing view of Halley we got in '86.  And the "once in a lifetime" total solar eclipse that just occurred?  The next one is in less than two years (there's an eclipse every year and a half, two years or thereabouts), so I want to see their actuarial charts—heck, the next one in the US is only six and a half years away, and I definitely plan to live to be older than (current age + 7). 

Awww you scrooge! Just embrace our existence in this big, cold universe! 

On 8/29/2017 at 5:53 AM, Circus said:

token given out for the naming of a Philly fire company, still operating today by the guy's brother

I really like this veterans one! 

On 9/2/2017 at 5:26 AM, Circus said:

Blank reverse

Cool!

Awesome!! 

They must be having a hey-day!

Welcome! Do ou have a specialty?

Photos and studies like these are why I love this site.

I wonder if this is an example of "die" wear but on the star dies. Like... the first star (within a star) pic is from a fresh die. But the second one is from softer, more worn dies. 

A restrike could mean a coin that was struck well after the original striking but using similar or the same dies. I know some of the most expensive American coins are examples of this: the 1804 Dollar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_dollar). None were actually struck in 1804. The first weren't struck until the 1830s. And then there were strikes known as restricts in later years.

So you could have that. But I think the Maria Theresa is also well known for being heavily, heavily copied. 

Very cool!!