I read - but can't find - that it was a tiny change, something like making the plating 0.003" instead of 0.0025" ... Jarden Zinc and the Mint have...
Vancouver Island is part of British Columbia and the BC Capital, Victoria is on the south end. Nice city. Good museum. And don't miss the...
Supposedly fhe mint changed the specs slightly after the first couple years. I haven't read that they changed them later on.
1. PCGS and NGC 2. ANACS and ICG, SEGS if you like them 3. At least it's sonically sealed, has a website and been in business since before last...
Sure there is value... minimum 300 per and 3000 for the 1911D... $7200. But if you are looking to sell, it's worth figuring out the individual...
Slab isn't fake and it's not a NGC cert#. Of course NCG (note the sequence of the letters) is HOPING you get confused and buy it as an NGC coin...
$2 plus a "why" question with no answer. Depends on the stamp (we need photos) - most likely (guess) is it's a teller's stamp, from the top bill...
Recommend you hop over to https://www.error-ref.com/ and do some reading. It will give you a basic vocabulary about errors.
Dumb is asking questions and then arguing with the answer claiming you're smarter than all of us combined. Not even close...
Bogus self slabber (notice the finger notches - it's not even sealed).
Usually called CSI (Certified Silver Investments) and used by lots of "services". I call them "finny". Not sealed. You can actually tap them...
Ooopsie no L Abon coins... Note that nothing in these court proceedings refers to SGS... just the same people......
Back in the 60s, any 50-year-old dime or quarter was 90% silver, today it's copper-nickel clad - a MUCH harder metal.
I think he wanted 175, but I didn't actually ask...
One of the dealers as Saturday's coin show had 24 of them selling essentially as 1/10th oz
Those aren't sealed either, so you can have a little fun and swap coins... Oh and they got shut down for running a stolen property ring... Albon...
PMD and I'll second acid - the granular look of the reverse shows differential removal of the copper vs. the nickel
If you want to lighten your wallet by $50, give it to charity... and spend the damaged cent.
First off, these are not "sealed" in a slab. That's a Capital Plastics holder and can be opened with a screwdriver (carefully, as the screws are...
Start assuming it's circulation wear and hits from other coins. Really look to see how the metal got pushed around...
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