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The redesigning of the five cent piece in 1883 was another collossal blunder by the mint's engraving staff. The "NO CENTS", "Racketter Nickel" variety depicted here was widely gold plated and passed as a gold half eagle. This specimen is from the fa...
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The 400th anniversary of the Columbus landing was the event for the minting of our first commemorative coin. The coin issued in 1892 for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL., was coined in proof as well as business strikes as NCLT. This specime...
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The "War of Northern Aggression" ripped the country apart, turning with the Union victory at Gettysburg, and culminating with Lee's surender at Appomattox, Va. Seventy-Five years after the Confederate loss at Gettysburg the Blue and Gray Reunion was...
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Brilliant haze free lustre with peripheral rainbow toning and flecks of violet and green.
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