Melt value. Currently, with silver at $28.67/troy ounce this would be $4.24.
Know what you are doing.
I'm sorry for your loss. The "missing" E is common in E PLURIBUS UNUM and was related to striking issues that the early US Mint had attempted to...
My view on the surfaces is that gold is a very soft metal that scratches easily. Also, transportation in and around New Orleans in the 1850s was...
"P.S.S. in the end, if, as stated by many prominent CoinTalk members to "Buy the coin and not the slab," truly does hold merit.... Then if you...
I realize we are now having a discussion as to weather this piece is real or a counterfeit and my gut is telling me that it is a real coin that...
The US Mint took weight tolerance and the production of coinage within the proper range very seriously. Obviously, weights were not done...
Buy the ANA Grading Guide and look for the first edition of the PCGS grading and counterfeit detection guide.
It's interesting in that I appear to be the only person to think it is FBL. Keep in mind that the interpretation is based on how I view the...
I don't know if I would be considered to be in the "snooty snoot crowd", but I would advise collectors against sending coins to ANACS. Why?...
It looks real to me and although I am not iGradeMS70, I did stay at a Holiday Inn at the Baltimore show last week. What Brian wrote is that the...
I would pay substantially below melt because they are not nearly as liquid or in demand as 90% silver coinage.
That's not a 45, it also appears to have pinholes and glue residue.
Why do I keep hearing "A leopard doesn't change its spots"
The 1953 nickels carry a premium. The 1953 cents carry a trivial premium.
The with strap and no strap coins are better termed varieties, not errors. Regardless, the 1953 cents carry little premium.
It looks like a nice VF25 and the reverse scratch is trivial, in my opinion.
This has turned very ugly, in my opinion, for the OP.
In my opinion it is quite natural to have your plans change over time. Truly, there are few long-term collectors whom I have met who have told me...
I hadn't read that far.:o My reason is that if you offer a 14-day return policy then the return has to be initiated within that time frame, not...
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