In my experience the 40% coinage is a tad bit tougher to sell and carries a smaller premium relative to its bullion content when compared to 90%...
If you purchased a coin that has been cleaned to all heck and back then it cannot have BU luster. It might be white and untoned, but this is not...
The new coin is gorgeous!
I am a member of the ANS, too, and have been so for many years. Their previous NYC location was open to the public and allowed you to do research...
Howdy and thanks. It has taken me so long to post on CT because my user name on the other forums was taken on this site by someone several years...
It's a dipped AU, perhaps AU53 details.
If you stick with this set you will have an enormous amount of fun. I have been building mine for over a decade and am about half way finished.
Pre-Federal coinage is way cool and the MA cents and half-cents are terrific pieces of history.
Many folks view copper spots on classic US gold coinage as a sign of likely authenticity. Also, if one dips gold then more of the copper will be...
You are fortunate enough that this issue is common enough that it should be fairly easy to find in orignal mint capsule and box and with papers....
Leave it alone.
There were no US Mint Sets produced in 1982 and 1983 and relatively few WQs were saved in rolls or from circulation during this time period....
Is your goal to collect each series by date and mintmark or to collect by type? These coins have such a large number of tough issues and outright...
These WQs look quite similar in many ways to the hoard of 1945-S Mercs that turned up in the 1990s and that were certified by NGC. Many of those...
It is quite tough to find Barber coinage that has any significant amount of meat left on the surfaces. When I put together my own VF set of...
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