I ship packages and freight international all the time, and yeah, they inspect it, even when you are a known shipper, it really depends on how the...
I've had a thought to buy a mint sewn bag of cents from somewhere of a single date, $50. Wondering what's reasonable and what's unreasonable...
Should I send my error coin in? [ATTACH]
it probably is a 68 with the scratch, most proof should be 69 or 70. looks to me from the true view, the tiny nick above the D in GOD on the...
I'm with Mac McDonald... friends are friends and all but it's a coin with no numismatic value and around $850 for melt is being a tad bit generous...
my opinion, all the price guides are terrible and out of date before they are printed. and so are auctions and ebay listings skewed by the bidding...
I had a whole jar of world coins from roll hunting that I set about putting into 2x2s and album pages in a binder. from the 2000s til now. I...
fun fact, that's a corvette class warship of 1820s era from their war of independence I don't think it's been specifically identified though by...
Congrats on retirement, now you'll have time to pursue your hobby, coins! :hilarious:
Probably a die chip on the base of the 1.
interior die breaks technically should be 4 sqmm in size or larger, 1 sqmm in diameter or smaller would be a die chip, anything in between.......
Yeah I've got to agree. The proof set, purple or black in 1993 was a plastic lens and not cello. That's not to say it isn't a cello issue though...
Massive split plate doubling on this zincoln, no idea if there's other errors on it or not maybe a greaser?..., or what caused so much of it....
yeah, I'd say buy a mint set if you are looking for a good modern coin of any type, it's where the best examples come from, the exceptions being...
in or out of a tpg slab, a coin given enough time is going to tone, and regardless of any of that, it will gain or lose value based on the current...
clearly that seller is not a collector and just a seller by the way he packs coins he sells to collectors. I wouldn't buy from them again based on...
lets start at the beginning please. do you have a weight for it? and what does it look like to you? What could be the cause of this from the mint...
die deterioration doubling, causes ghosting of the letters and numbers. http://www.error-ref.com/die-deterioration-doubling/
Hi Ragu, your question really would need a picture of the coin in order to determine what happened. there were no "matte finish" cents struck in...
Any way I look at it, I don't see it as a Mintmark considering the lack of wear on the rest of the coin in comparison. the mm should NOT be that...
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