ANA dropped the requirement for a sponsor like 1,000 years ago. I remember when I joined I was sponsored by somebody like Harmer & Rooke or...
Looks like they weren't even trying with the reverse
Generally, BU is a TV grade, where the grading party doesn't wish to spend the extra money. In this case, it's a bullion coin and the point is the...
You will find some years/mintmarks very common, e.g. 1861 Trime (3 cent silver). Exactly 180 degrees is most likely the wrong setup, but smaller...
Either way, another wack-noodle for the ignore list.
PMD It was pressed against something with some letters Or it could just be pareidolia Not a mint error...
He signed the label. Makes about as much sense as most of these labels
That's all the law called for is the dollar coin
For rare/key dates, they also have good #s about how many have been submitted for certification... those aren't a perfect mirror of rarity, but an...
@bradgator2 mine are -164 and -165
Dryer coin, spooned, etc. not an error PMD
Firstly, bag marks aren't supposed to be taken as wear. Of course if you put a couple of bags of silver dollars on the floor of the train all the...
The $3 gold was authorized by the coinage act of 1853 with specifications that partly related to the 1849 act (which authorized the double eagle...
Everything that went into the manufacture of those two objects is different. The technology of mining, metal refining, preparing "blanks or...
I think what the OP is looking for is some way to relate PCGS' Sheldon-70 grading for coins to NGC's grading system for Ancients. If you figure...
You are basically comparing an automobile and a tangerine. Yes, both have an inside and an outside, but everything else about them is different.
They are also used anywhere you need a cheap but non-standard marker for something... * Ball markers for golf * Tool checks (you put your coin in...
The Spanish Colonial mint coins have both the mint ID and the assayer's mark so if the coins turned out to be unreported to the king, they knew...
There's not much difference between ROAD RASH and ROAD RAGE... add a little water and time and you have OP's coin.
Schwager #PCGS-050-3-2
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