This is another common date but something interesting about this coin - is this double die?
I have heard of the "hot lips", those Morgan dollars that were struck at the New Orleans Mint in 1888 with a doubled die obverse that produced significant doubling of Miss Liberty’s lips, nose and chin and the other is the 1901 Double Die Reverse but for this 1881s Morgan, the date on "1881" looks like a double die
Take a look at the picture and you will notice that it has the unusual brass color
1849-1866 (Type I)
1866-1876 (Type II)
1877-1907 (Type III).
On June 15, 1933, the United States Congress passed an act to authorize the minting of the Texas Centennialsilver half dollar coin to celebrate the upcomin one hundredth anniversary in 1936 of the independence of Texas. This was the first of over two dozen commemorative coin related bills proposed by Congress that would take place during Franklin Delano Roosevelt tenure as president.
U.S. Mint has suspended sales of American eagle gold coins
On August 15, 2008, the U.S. Mint has suspended sales of American eagle gold coins and is refusing orders from dealers, two coin and bullion dealers? It is apparent that there is a shortage of gold and silver.
The mint's suspension of gold coin sales follows its tight rationing of sales of silver eagle coins, begun in May, when sales to the public were terminated and sales to the mint's 13 authorized dealers were tightly limited.
This is the second time this year (2009) that it is suspending the sales.
Read more: U.S. Mint has suspended sales of American eagle gold coins
Junk Silver Coins
What is Junk Silver?
"Junk Silver" in the numismatic circle refers to worn circulated silver coins. For example, the US silver coins, minted before 1965, are often called junk silver coins. These coins have at least 40% - 90% silver content, depending on what type of coins. The picture on the right are US Morgan Dollar, Peace dollar, Mercury Dimes, Walkers, Barbers dimes.
Aa guide, if you are starting to keep junk sillver, look for those with 90% silver content. I have listed them below
These circulated worn coins and do not have any collector's value because there are signs of wear and tear, scratch marks, nasty nicks etc. "Ugly" can be another word to described the coins BUT, the value lies in the silver content . Other countries that uses this informal term "Junk Silver" are the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia
Silver is known as a precious metal but not many people pay attention to it as a form of investment. Many take it In fact, how many people do you know, who owns silver. How about yourself - Do you own any silver? Look back at history. For thousands of years, silver, not gold, was the coin of the civilized world. One of the most complete histories on silver can be found in the book “The Silver Bonanza” by Franklin Sanders and James Blanchard. The book begins with the following quote from Milton Friedman: “The major monetary metal in history is silver, not gold.” There are evidence of silver being used as money way back to 4,500 years ago. From the book “The Silver Bonanza”, silver was already mentioned in the Bible. During the reign of King Charlemagne, silver was the only legal tender metal.
for granted that it is common. "Money is still king" as the saying goes.
1971 Error Lincoln Cent
Error coin - unusual color.
This 1971 Lincoln cent has been graded by ANACS MS62 and it has an unusual color. Unlike the normal bright "reddish" copper color, this one exhibits a bright brass color.
The Coin was sent to ANACS for verification but they would not confirm what is the material of the coin. It was graded as MS62
Take a look at the picture and you will notice that it has the unusual brass color
Silver Bullion
Wednesday, 09 September 2009 00:00
There are various ways of investing in Silver, either in physical form or ETFs However, it is always better to own some physical Silver and there are 3 types of silver bullions that you can consider. These are .999 pure silver.
1. Bars
2. Rounds
3. Coins
These silver bullions are usually measured in troy ounces. For bars, they usually come in 1,000 oz, 100 oz, 10 oz and 1 oz. Rounds and Coins are usually in 1 oz, 2 oz, 5 oz and 10 oz. Bigger sizes are also available but the 1 oz to 10 oz are the most common . There are some that comes in 1 kilo, which is about 32 ounces.
The most well know brands are Englehard, Johnson Matthey, Credit Suisse, Perth Mint, Royal Canadian Mint. The others are by private mints e.g. Sunshine, Academy, Heraeus etc. There are also many other private mints that produces silver bars and rounds
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