It's 25% thicker/heavier and has a 60% higher face value. If I had to guess, I'd say Canada is trying to raise their official value of silver.
F12. I'd say ANACS gave it details 8 damaged.
For starters, your math is wrong. The US Mint is unable to acquire planchets at spot. Additionally, the current spot price of silver, as others...
Metals dropped due to the Federal Reserve announcing the end of QE. The Fed is no longer buying bonds, so treasury auction rates will start to...
Based on new photos, I'd say XF details - cleaned, retoned, mottled.
Why are you unable to take larger/higher res photos?
No, it's really not. Simply because you choose to not collect other forms of bullion does not mean other forms are unavailable. A monopoly exists...
I thought it would be easier to motivate the seller to post better pics if I wasn't the only one who thought the coin looked details VF/XF range....
Anyone can file a suit. The fact that this was appealed just to be heard as a suit means ANACS probably isn't in that much trouble. In any event,...
I was thinking that maybe we should start a new thread for toned coins each year. Ideally, members won't repost coins from previous editions. This...
http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aarb_prd/on/demandware.static/Sites-USM-Site/Sites-USM-Library/default/v1414814448861/images/PDFs/PMPricingGrid.pdf...
I can't provide better pictures. As I said, that's the seller's picture, not mine.
I'm curious on how this would be the case? The AU50 PCGS example clearly shows less high-point obverse wear than the coin in the original post,...
Please, explain how ASEs (American Silver Eagles) aren't numismatic bullion. They certainly aren't intended for circulation, since their face...
"Historical levels" meaning the level post-Hunt in the 80s? If we look pre-WW2, the "historical" price of silver was 80-cents (or so) per ounce....
http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/?action=americanEagles If you want to buy 25,000 ASEs, the Mint will charge you a $2 premium per ounce.
As a US citizen and taxpayer, I am adamantly against the US Mint selling collector coins and bullion products at a loss. If the Mint were forced...
Thanks for the input.
Seller's photos, not mine, so sorry about the poor resolution. Anyway, I'm guessing overdipped 30-40 range, but seller is saying 50+ (Sheldon...
Not entirely sure if this counts, but on 30 Nov 2012, I won a 40% Bicentennial set (25c, 50c, $1), two 40% Ikes, one wide rim, one random SBA and...
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