Hobby Protection Act and the FTC regulations prohibit importing unless they are stamped copy. More honored in the breach than the observance...
The BEP hasn't disclosed which serial #s were used for sheets of series 2013 (https://uspapermoney.info/general/uncut.html) Given the folded up...
If you are going to use a microscope, learn how to take images directly from the microscope. Taking a PICTURE of the screen is useless - you have...
Amazing how the only photo in focus is the one that doesn't show the serial #
Lighthouse makes two versions, the Everslab and the Quickslab. The Everslab, once closed is nearly impossible to open for reuse. The Quickslab...
The requirement for recoupling costs goes against the two programs - circulation and numismatic - separately. For circulating coins, the mint is...
It is a very old joke... A businessman goes to hire an accountant. He gets three recommendations from guys at the gym... He asks the first one,...
Yes... Also remember the allocations of fixed costs, esp. depreciation and overhead is squishy. If you and the wife share a car and each drives...
The mint's equipment and facilities depreciate.
It's not a luxury, it's a fact. OP owns a fake and his/her only recourse is the seller on eBay. It's been four years and so nobody is going to...
The mint is required to recover its costs for numismatic items. The FULL cost - including depreciation. Not just the face value of the coins.
13 ounces, when a Troy Pound just won't do...
IIRC correctly from the article I read, the 13oz gold medal is very limited mintage, so order quickly. I was there Friday/Saturday and had a...
Posting in this old thread because I now have an example... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
First strike is definitely a marketing gimmick. The coins are put into tubes and the tubes into monster boxes and the boxes on to a pallet. The...
So what you're asking is whether they did do any conservation before they slammed???? Call customer service and ask if they did anything I'll...
A new (to me) anti-toning sticker: http://www.sightwhite.com/
Early expensive ones have a narrower following. All of the coin club members that I know that are doing walkers are doing the short set. If you...
= Few collectors = wasted space in display case vs. another dozen Morgans that will sell
Google it - also lost wax casting which is more likely. The dimple between the E and C of ONE CENT was a sprue.
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