There are plenty of "mint destroyed" coins but then they are not coins anymore. :)
I like this one for the cool reverse die crack. Not sure what earned it MS61 at NGC but don't really care. [ATTACH]
I got this roll via an old friend straight from the launch ceremony...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia158696.html Numista says 27.8mm and 6.2g. I don't know anything about these, but the shape of George's...
I've run out of weirdo Barber dimes that I haven't posted before, so I dug this out of my world travels change jar....
That place gave me the creeps. So much bad juju. Last time I was there it was 4th of July and we randomly stopped on our way through. Native...
Tons of them also have "COPY" on the images but it's identical on all of them so it's clearly a watermark added to the images, and the coin you...
I like the Nicaraguan coin.
Denver Coin Expo is the biggest one around these parts. https://www.rockymtnexpos.com/
Wow, they went all "creepy Jefferson" on that one too!
Trying to be helpful - all those hairline scratches you see in your first image indicate that it was "cleaned." Maybe just rubbed once to get some...
I think it works great for silver and probably gold coins but maybe a lighter shade for copper?
Looking forward to a report from Bozeman. I'll be there in May for my daughter's graduation (MSU) and might have some time to kill. I never...
That depends on which way you are flipping the coin. All US coins are "coin orientation." If you're Canadian, you're used to seeing "medal...
These discussions are always interesting. Many things to base rarity on - overall mintage, total survivors, conditional rarity, die marriage...
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Thanks, I looked into it too. It's odd that the label is upside down. Found another one, 1948 50c, with good slab images....
And way before the 70s. Here's an aluminum quarter from 1865. https://uspatterns.store.turbify.net/j425p497.html
Number of collectors divided by number of surviving coins = "market rarity" I guess. The higher the number, the more "market rare." My favorite...
What the heck is that purple "TraderBea" case? I've never seen that before. Is that an official PCGS case or do they crack them out and put the...
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