Author name: KMFranck

  By CoinWeek… The 1964 Special Mint Set (SMS) coins constitute one of the most mysterious and technically unique issues in modern United States numismatics. They are not to be confused with the widely produced 1964 Proof Sets or the subsequent official Special Mint Sets issued between 1965 and 1967. The 1964 SMS pieces are […]

V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – 1795 Capped Bust Half Eagle, Heraldic Eagle Reverse. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. This type is also labeled the Draped Bust

V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – 1795 Capped Bust Half Eagle, Heraldic Eagle Reverse. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. This type is also labeled the Draped Bust or Turban Head to distinguish it

V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – 1795 Capped Bust Half Eagle, Heraldic Eagle Reverse. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. This type is also labeled the Draped Bust or Turban Head to distinguish it from the later Capped Bust type

V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – 1795 Capped Bust Half Eagle, Heraldic Eagle Reverse. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. This type is also labeled the Draped Bust or Turban Head to distinguish it from the later Capped Bust type introduced in 1807 (the Guide Book

V & E Coin News – 1795 Capped Bust Half Eagle, Heraldic Eagle Reverse. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. This type is also labeled the Draped Bust or Turban Head to distinguish it from the later Capped Bust type introduced in 1807 (the Guide Book calls this type “Capped Bust to

1795 Capped Bust Half Eagle, Heraldic Eagle Reverse. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. This type is also labeled the Draped Bust or Turban Head to distinguish it from the later Capped Bust type introduced in 1807 (the Guide Book calls this type “Capped Bust to Right”, and the later type “Capped

V & E Coin News – V & E Coin News – By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …. As the United States converted its industrial might to the war effort, the Federal Government looked closely at its supply of strategic materials. Copper, used to produce cents and alloyed with silver and gold to produce other denominations,

V & E Coin News – By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …. As the United States converted its industrial might to the war effort, the Federal Government looked closely at its supply of strategic materials. Copper, used to produce cents and alloyed with silver and gold to produce other denominations, was diverted for military use in

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …. As the United States converted its industrial might to the war effort, the Federal Government looked closely at its supply of strategic materials. Copper, used to produce cents and alloyed with silver and gold to produce other denominations, was diverted for military use in 1943. Nickel, used to strike the