Long, long ago in the 20th century, Fort Worth, Texas, a dealer used this rarity a 1913 Liberty Head nickel, as the focal point of his nationwide advertising program to sell copies of The Star Rare Coin...
A fascinating, but 'not well known' sector of numismatics are Pattern Pieces. What is a Pattern? Pattern pieces consist of numerous designs and experimental pieces which were made by the U.S. Mint in an...
Bag toning is the coloring acquired from the bag in which a coin was stored. The cloth bags in which coins were transported contained sulfur and other reactive chemicals. When stored in such bags for extended...