Would these Franklin proofs qualify as FBL? Or, are they not sharp enough? The one on the left is a '63 (EDIT: '63 not '64...) - scratches are on...
I wonder what sellers mean when the write that an item is "high grade". For some sellers, I get a feel for it, others use it more liberally, and...
This Barber half dollar has something in the "9" digit. Is it simply PMD, cud, or a die crack? Or, is it something else? Not a clipped planchet by...
I have to get rid of these coins that I feel I got suckered into buying as "MS" or "Gem BU UNC" or "Blast White" coins (some weren't labeled as MS...
I have a modern restrike from the last year or so, which I believe is struck by Austria's Mint. I'm not sure how many of these restrikes were...
If this image is all you had to go on... then would you think that it's a Superbird on this 1952-P Washington Quarter? It's in the right area on a...
Is this 1939 Canadian half dollar proof-like with a bunch of hairline scratches, or is there something else going on? What would you grade it as?...
What is the practical difference to you for stacking up on 1 oz .9999 silver rounds vs. the same ASW coin but lower fineness (e.g. 1980 Mexico...
I want to get an ancient coin but I haven't really looked into ancients since I've been busying myself with "modern" World coins. I was thinking...
I'm trying to understand the historical context that prompted Minters / bureaucrats to make dimes smaller in diameter than even a penny. Sure, if...
I have about 2.5 dozen coins with unusually long delays with no tracking info updates at all. Besides those, several other coins show updates, but...
I'm no fan of US Mint capsules, and I've been putting my coins in black ring Air-Tites, as the US Mint capsules are too loose a fit for my liking,...
Why is the Kookaburra 1 oz silver coins not proof? I can see that the fields are matte, but it's more consistent with a reverse proof in the...
Were the specimens/proofs from Canada issued in the same cellophane wrapping as the PL and business strikes? For example, the 1964 Canada dollar -...
What explains the concave feature, seen along the edge moving towards the center of the coin? Did the US Mint use different a kind of die for...
I'm not sure what to make of this damage, as it's in the OGP capsule and never left it post-Mint (at least I'm assuming not). Anyway, the reverse...
Are any of you actively involved with the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee? It seems that with all the distaste for moderns that some of you are...
Maybe it's just me, but from the few days I've looked for Third Reich silver coins, it's been more difficult than not to find high grade coins....
Are there any examples of an error so suitable to the coin that it's on a level all its own, making it "the perfect" error coin? To clarify, I...
Maybe it'll be a good idea to dynamically import precious metal prices in real time. It seems to fit the forum invaluably. Perhaps a table...
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