Yep, when the fake slabs first came out the TPG's didn't have pictures on their websites. The counterfeiters were getting their information from...
Case in point being the Girl Scout Silver dollar. Sales were low enough that the Mint didn't cover their expenses, so the surcharges raised for...
Part of the problem was due to striking and the coppernickel alloy the areas where the eagle overlapped the wreath often would not strike up well...
That's what everyone needs, an automatic cat. Covid is probably a big part of it. For the past two years a lot of people haven't been going to...
$73.00 now, S-30 common variety. I don't have an S-30. That one would be cheap, but I think I'll pass.
His hat was done with gold coins. His vest used the other compositions/denominations.
Four years, 20 coins. then we get a year celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and then five years of youth...
Sure I believe it. You should have seen some of the stuff that went INTO the junk silver bags back during the first silver boom in 1979. And I'm...
This can also sometimes result from the same process that causes "dryer coins". I'm not sure which this is, but I am leaning toward the high...
Yes they are raised, and yes believe it or not they are caused by cuts into the coin.
But every now and then something really good pops up, like that 1792 half disme a couple years ago.
Yes but I may have started first (1972) so maybe you were just following my lead. :) Only had a 25 cent allowance. Couldn't do much with...
No he meant 14-D, he was talking about adding a D to a 1914 cent (note he mentions removing the D from a random cent). And yes some fake 14 D's...
It does happen, rarely. A few years ago a genuine Mint State Continental Currency dollar turned up in a flea market as a $1 copy
A clad layer that was lost post strike (Not a coin with a clad layer that split off post strike, this is the clad layer itself.)
I just see a coin suffering post strike damage from cuts on the obv field.
Another VERY bad sign since it isn't a 27 but a 27 D with is a mid six figure coin if real.
I must be the exception that proves the rule, I started with Jefferson nickels.
Some people collect that 1855 (N-9) by die stage. I've seen a collection that had something like 12 stages from pristine new die to the terminal...
Great I got it right. I used a slightly different approach than Marshall did. The curl behind the neck told me it was type 1 hair Then I keyed...
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