Tooling is different than smoothing. Smoothing generally refers to smoothing corrosion in the fields, and that Trajan has a lot of smoothing on...
From my experience, NGC/PCGS grades of 60-62 are always AU coins. MS63 is half and half, either nice AU or impaired MS. MS64 and above are...
Strictly speaking, a variety is simple a specific die pairing. So the three legged buffalo is a variety as only a single obverse die had the leg...
Sorry to hear about your situation, that is frustrating and I believe you are entirely correct to demand they fix the issue in a timely manor. If...
Brown. These coins were minted from copper and originally leave the mint bright red and shiny. Copper is a very reactive metal, so as they age...
Congrats, what a great feeling!!!
What are you referring to on that page. I am genuinely interested, and not having a stroke, but there is a lot of information at the link and I...
What do you mean, can you quote the part of that page you are referring to when you say '30th coin'?
100% fake, there is a specific set of details on these coins that is a dead give away. Who ever is making these, assuming they are trying to pass...
Sounds like you are well on your way!!! Congrats and good luck.
You could always reach out to Rick Snow (https://www.indiancent.com) and ask him to look out for you. Pennylady has a couple in that range:...
Are you having difficulty locating examples, or locating examples for sale at a price you are willing to pay? There are no rare dates in this...
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Look up spooned coin, that's what you have.
When I purchased the coin below I did some research on Secvritas. I started by looking at the etymology of security, what I found was very...
I've had similiar experiences with some of the EAC dealers, Shawn Yancey and Tom Reynolds in particular.
You can send @TIF the bill for rehab :)
Thanks JayF. I am truly amazed at the strength of the US coin market: 'The original estimate of existing 1955 Doubled Die cents was anywhere...
Would love to see the graph if you can find it. That makes a lot of sense.
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