VKurtB

Indeed. And likely with good reason,

There will be no shortage of attendees.

There allegedly are some Georgia quarters struck on what would become Sacagawea dollar metal planchets. How they managed that little time travel trick is the $64,000 (or $10,000) question.

The post-war Swiss Vrenellis (1947B and 1949B) were allegedly made from Holocaust victims' gold false teeth removed by the Nazis.

No.

I'm sitting on literally dozens of rolls of all the 2009 reverses. They were bought for 55 cents per roll. They'll sit until my son decides to open them after I'm gone.

The first step to understanding the relatively modest value is the fact that 5.9 million of them were made, a lot for then. Then, there is condition. Yours is kind of rough compared with some others on the market.

25 is kinda low. Several are on eBay right now, mostly running at about twice that. But no, you have not hit any jackpot. This hobby tends NOT to work that way. If you can find one, they're not rare.

Thanks. I went into the book sale room specifically looking for books on shillings. The Lange provenance was an added bonus, a HUGE one.

Yup. Dealers in the Kirk Kelly network of dealerships regularly had so-called mint state Coq Marianne in their monthly mail order flyers a few decades ago. Of course, they were not necessarily really high grades. The frustrating thing is that there are almost definitely more “registry worthy” pieces out there, but they are “trapped” in countries in which there is no widely recognized difference between MS65 and MS70. Yes, our fascination with single points and pluses and stars is pretty uniquely an American fetish.

Tribute pieces, tourist pieces, replicas. See often, our Newbie discussion section. One example is the so-called “California Fractional” pieces that have a bear on them. Since there never was a true fractional with a bear on it, how can these pieces be considered counterfeits? No, they are inauthentic.

All my characterizations are strictly my own, and I stand by them. I act with a complete LACK OF CONCERN what you, or anyone else here (and I do mean ANYONE) thinks of my opinions.

Inauthentic comprises a larger number of faults than does counterfeit, DESPITE the likelihood that Roger uses them interchangeably. Roger misuses many words.

More money than knowledge. A baaaaad combination.

#1) It’s ANACS (modern ANACS), so the grade of 70 doesn’t mean a darned thing. #2) it’s part of a bulk grading, which also reduces its value. #3) Even if it were done by NGC or P¢ğ$, and not a third tier grader, the grade of 70 is pedestrian. And it’s ANACS for crying out loud. #4) Stop spamming.