crabstang44
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My first half cent, 1829! Is this a North Carolina state seal cuff button? It says North Carolina around the button What is this little cuff button with eagle? Also 5 civil war eagle buttons, one is an infantry. More buttons
My friend got a 1918 standing liberty quarter and buttons
My friend got a 1918 standing liberty quarter and buttons
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History lesson time - the early US copper large cent blanks were often shipped thousands of miles from their place of manufacture to the US mint to be stamped later. The blanks were stored in with the ballast stones of these wooden merchant ships and often were at sea for many weeks - even months. Leaks in the ship's hulls often led the blanks to be in contact with salt water for quite some time leading to pitting and corrosion. So by the time the blanks reached the US mint they were often already quite damaged. Many early US large cents would have been already pitted even when they were freshly stamped out at the US mint as a result of this.
That half cent is a great find!
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