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Welcome to the Tarnished Truth, your newsletter. Coinage redesign, seems there are nearly as many different opinions as there are members on the list on this subject. But you know what, that is alright because if you read the history books just about every U.S. coinage design was disliked at the time they were being minted. It was only long after some of our favorite designs were obsolete did those come into favor, so what we find as horrific might someday be the collectors favorite. |
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 BestRay D Larson  Feature Article THE MARIA THERESA THALERS  By JD White WINS#7 READ it here  From the Seminar By Bill Fivaz Presented by Mark Watson During the ANA Summer Seminar, I took a two-evening short course from Bill
Fivaz, one of the greatest numismatists of our time. The course focused on
grading Buffalo Nickels, Mercury Dimes, Walking Liberty Halves, and Morgan
dollars - arguably four of the more collected U.S. series. As part of the
course handouts, Bill had put together a series of five articles - an
overall introduction to grading followed by four articles on each series.
He also gave permission for anyone to copy and distribute the articles as
the more collectors get educated, the more fun they will have in the hobby.
Here is the fourth article.
| **** WINS BIO ****  What is the difference between
a troy ounce and a standard ounce when it comes to the weight of precious metals like silver and gold? |
|  Byline Josh Moran   Exceptional E
|  The 1933 Eagle Although no $20 gold pieces struck early in 1933 were legally released for circulation there were 312,500 $10 gold pieces minted for the date. It is not known the number legitimately released, or how many were returned when the government ask that all gold be turned in to the government. Many catalogs value the coins at $60,000 each, however, numismatic writers speculate the coins value to be more like $500,000.
. | The Tarnished Truth would like to salute Harvey and Lawrence Stack for their many contributions to the national coin collection. Their generosity is much appreciated. Because of people like these two the average American collector has the opportunity to view rarities that would otherwise be locked away in private collections. This is truly what ones calls giving back to your hobby.
The answer is: A troy (scientific) ounce is 31.103 grams, while the standard or Avoirdupois weighs in at only 28.35 grams per ounce. This of course also requires that we are using the exact same fineness of the metals in comparison. The weight and fineness of a coin is often essential in the determining the authenticity of a coin. | by Robert Peterson
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