I remember seeing a picture of a capped bust dime (IIRC) in an old ANACS details slab with five or six problems listed on it. It was holed,...
You wonder what possessed someone to do that (cut up the edges). I guess there wasn't too much entertainment in the early 1800s.
I wonder how close their masses are to those of the actual coins. If they're putting that much effort forth, I have a bad feeling they have the...
Very interesting. Is this an electrotype of some sort?
Very good points, Numismat. The seller with 0 feedback and nothing else for sale is the biggest red flag for me.
The more and more I look at it, the more I think C-3 and C-4 have the same reverse die, especially since both appear to have the same die chip by...
How about this hottie? This one's arguably the most loved US coin design ever! :hilarious: [ATTACH] I shouldn't complain too much though, since...
I'd like to know what the big "tell" is too. The only difference I can find between this fake and Cohen-4 is that the zeros in 1/200 look a little...
I'd say it's a pretty good fake. Its obverse seems to match Cohen-4 and its reverse seems to match Cohen-3 very well....
I think it's real and I believe it's Cohen-1, according to: http://www.coinfacts.com/half_cents/1803_half_cents/1803_half_cent_c01.htm
This is seriously exactly what I thought when I saw design #1 :hilarious:
The last time I found a silver dime in circulation was about 8 years ago. I did find a war nickel a couple years ago, though.
While rust and toning both are examples of a metal reacting with its environment, the reaction on a silver coin is self-limiting, meaning once the...
While you paid a premium for the toning, I *think* it was worthwhile, but then again, I'm not a huge toned coin collector so I don't know a whole...
I'll go for AU58.
It shouldn't go past $500, but I'll go for the big bucks just for kicks and say it sells for a cool $1000.
I'll guess VF30.
I would recommend "Grading Coins by Photographs" by Q. David Bowers. It's a spiral bound book and has all sorts of neat information beyond the...
I believe it's a "Canadarm," a device used to capture and manipulate satellites, astronauts, etc. in space. I think there might be one attached to...
My most valued coin is definitely not my most valuable coin money-wise. It's my 1941-P Lincoln Cent and was the first old coin I found in...
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