Satiny Sashaying Saint The 1911 claims one of the few mintages of less than 200,000 coins, but the story of its availability is similar to that of other issues in the series. Most examples were exported to European markets, either directly from New York to London or through Ottawa, Canada. Those pieces that avoided melting…
Pop 3, None Higher Key Date Lib Nickel The 1885 has been recognized for more than a century as the coin to have, the key to the set of Liberty nickels. Only 1.4 million pieces were struck and pieces were set aside shortly after this tiny mintage became known; although by the time the general public was aware of…
Positively Perpetually Popular The 1914-D Lincoln cent is a key issue in the series, from a low mintage of 1.1 million pieces. Unfortunately, despite the low mintage figure, the 1914-D was largely overlooked by contemporary collectors and few high-quality examples were saved at the time of issue. The date became better known and highly sought-after…
For close to 60 years, Augustus was a dominant player in Rome’s political scene – as the grand nephew and heir of Julius Caesar, Augustus was able to mold the character of the Republic into a truly different system of government, with a ruling figurehead, complete with veto powers , this latter of which had…
Rare Mint State Territorial Gold Piece Moffat & Co., in its role as semiofficial branch mint and United States Assay Office of Gold in California, struck both over-dated (1852/1) and normal-date 1852 ten dollar gold pieces of 884 fineness using the Humbert nameplate on the reverse. Most survivors are well circulated, and true uncirculated examples…
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