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Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.
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I do believe that 1961 penny is MS-67 grade.
Sorry, although I do have backside photos of these pennies, I don't know how to share multiple photos on Lemmy.
Mods, I do hope this is an acceptable post. Please let me know if not..
Display tag: "Mexican silver dollars from the Confederate treasury. When the Confederate government evacuated Richmond, Virginia, on April 2, 1865, the Confederate treasury was also removed. Eventually, the gold and silver were transferred to wagons which remained with President Jefferson Davis. Prior to his capture in Irwin County, Georgia, on May 9, Davis paid the members of his escort from the treasury. Captain George Rives, Co. A, 56th Alabama Infantry (mounted), received $25.00 in gold and silver. Eleven Mexican silver dollars were saved by Rives as souvenirs. James Madison Bullock, adjutant, 2nd Alabama Cavalry, received $30.00 as his final payment. Bullock used $28.00 in order to make his way home to Alabama, saving two silver dollars as souvenirs.
These were given to his daughter, Virginia Bullock Willis, who donated one to the City of Mobile Museum and one to the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Bullock's coin is the dark one, top row center."
