I paid $6 in 1986 and I think I paid like $7 in 1987 but got mad (at first) when he wanted to charge me $10 for the 1988! I later came to learn...
ok, thanks for the advice! I listed it on eBay if anyone wants to take a peek. It's listed by it's serial number and my eBay username is also...
a much more equitable solution, IMHO and good for your son. I am sorry that you got taken.
He needed to see the rims of the coin I assume, ldhair. Once he did the fact that it was a business strike was likely obvious. That's the...
Kirk, I am NOT defending anyone, especially NOT the seller. The harm of cracking it and re-sealing it is that you weren't allowed to do it and...
There's no justifying it. You crossed the line and IMHO your behavior is worse than that of the seller. The seller's motivations and knowledge...
I don't understand. First of all, you said that when you cracked it out came an AU-58? Did it have a grading cert on it when it came out?...
notice the mirror fields... something absent from kirk's coin
as I have stated, this is far from my area of expertise, but isn't there something about the dentils being more square on these early proof issue...
many of those face value finds are pilfered unfortunately
yes, I do, but I didn't want anyone else to get the wrong one due to bad information
No flying eagle cent is going to be RED. Many may forget that they (as well as IHCs prior to 1863) are copper-nickel and the original mint color...
they are listed in "A Guidebook of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels" by Q. David Bowers I own quite a few books that he has written and this series...
as to your full steps grade: the occurence of 43-Ds with 5 full steps is 1 in 2 and 6 full steps common, so they wouldn't really command a...
thanks for the answers. I think I'll send it to eBay then. kookoo, if you were serious about wanting it, PM me
the last pictures were finally clerar enough for me to say that I think it's genuine. It has all of the characteristic markers; the moth eaten...
judging by the ear of corn on the reverse, the lack of detail in the stars, and the lack of mirrored fields I would say that this is likely a...
ok, all this is not my field of expertise in the least, but I do have "A Guide Book of Shield and Liberty Head Nickels" written by Bill Favaz and...
the proof will be a very highly polished looking finish, with little to no frosting on the devices. especially a 1969
unfortunately with the very short life span of notes of any kind, it is unlikely that it would ever circulate enough to be found by another CT member
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