You can add a third option, send the buyer the money to have ANACS slab the coin, then you will have a definitive third party opinion about...
and before anyone asks, yes my pockets are heavy.
I've got a few IKES (for showing as examples when I ask for them at the bank) a couple pounds of pennies,nickels,dimes,quarters, and halves...
1. I thought the OP was talking about silver canadian dollars. I don't know enough about canadian coins to know whether there is such a thing....
Legally, OP can keep the money, but I personally believe in taking the high road. There is apparently some doubt that the listing description was...
While mine are usually BU, I've gotten quite a few that are pretty beat up. I save them for the sole purpose that hopefully one day, I'll get the...
I just cringed at the thought of using a Q-Tip on a coin. Heck even a toothpick left marks when I tried it a few times.
Save all the 1987 and 2002+ halves regardless of condition. You never know, but years down the road, you might make some YN's day by giving him a...
Cody, Here's a solution that 1. maintains your reputation, 2. buys you time to raise the money. Send the guy a check for $20 and...
It would not take millions to make an edge die, it would only take thousands and a person experienced in the trade. Once the edge die is made,...
Cody, Don't take this the wrong way, but what you did with the money has no bearing on the situation and please don't mention anything about...
Something to remember, the foreign gold may be cheaper now, but it will also sell for cheaper when you go to sell it. I personally prefer...
" Is there a more valuable least-valuable coin out there?" I guess I misunderstood that "least" part!!!
Is that a planchet deffect?
If someone attempted this endeavor, it wouldn't be a small delicate feat like adding a mintmark, but rather a crude operation that even a monkey...
I use the silver cleaner from Walmart ($3), which is really just thiouric acid, on all the proofs I pull out of circulation. On these proofs...
In the US, the way I find Eisenhower Dollars is I start with the yellow pages and call every bank (let me repeat EVERY BANK). Sometimes one or...
I need to start going to your coin club meetings OP, I went to mine last night and my son got a harshly cleaned "American Heritage War Coin Set"...
Is there a thread for the next contest yet??
chrisbauman, something to think about, a double struck edge on a presidential dollar is somewhat easy for someone to manufacture post mint...
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