WoodenSpoon Boy said "How is the mint losing money if they bought the silver to make the coins at a time where it was at a lower cost." The...
It looks like an exceptionally strong strike to me, but not tooled. It is strange that the obverse fields have depressions, but it doesn't feel...
First- very attractive coin! The photos do make it tough to grade, but it looks like XF40 to me. The ear looks great, but it looks a little weak...
Imagine her embarrassment when another woman shows up at the same party in the same dress. The poor thing would have to go buy one made of...
Drusus- Sorry, I didn't mean the COIN was overdone (it is a gorgeous coin!), I meant murdering his wife and children. Seems a bit over the top....
To be a member of the family Constantine was dangerous. Constantine killed his first son from another marriage, he killed his wife and his mother...
The 22 Peace Dollars that my grandma gave me for a wedding present 25 years ago. They still reside in an old talcum powder container, and they...
Sonny?
"If you could make something and sell it for 400% profit what would you do ?" Well, I would send production to a developing nation where labor...
Some scratches are worse than others, and unfortunately, those are quite distracting. I don't mind coins with handling marks or scratches, but...
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Beautiful coins! And I couldn't agree more on your grade of the 1/4 farthing. Superb photos and coins- congrats! Mike
"Someone in my family wore this around their neck when coming from Germany to America in 1850" Now THERE is a coin with provenance! A nice...
GDJMSP- oddly enough, that is where I first looked! The .800 bonded to inner core .209 confused me, and I never read the weight line right beneath...
Thanks! I couldn't find the percentage listed in any of my references, even though I am pretty sure it is there somewhere. All of the silver...
Maybe I am a little slow, but I cannot find a sensible explanation of the bullion content in a "silver" Ike. Does anyone know what it is? And if...
$41 total. Less than a dinner for two at a sit down restaurant, an NBA ticket, or a tank of gas. You get anticipation, fun, a treasure hunt, and...
US is 1847/7 large cent XF Foreign is Austrian 25E Silver/Niobium Former 1793 Half Cent VG10- I would kill to have it back....
Cody- I am just curious. Why would you get it slabbed? With your purchase price and the likely grade of MS63DM, would the coin then be worth the...
I would crack that one out and send it in for a regrade. 63's are usually more chewed up, and even with the rim ding, I would bet it gets a 64....
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