It certainly seems that the mint was, um, unimaginative in their use of the enhancement process.
See response in the other thread. In the future, please only post once.
This is a RETAIL price guide: http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml, that is the price you would pay in a coin shop (if you are selling coins,...
They minted many, many millions of them and lots of people saved them as a memento of the occasion. 25c Mintages: 1976 copper-nickel clad...
That's how they're often shown for sale on that site we shall not name. You're supposed to remove them from the sheet and sell them one by one too...
They come that way from the counterfeit factory in China.
That one is a myth. There are no contemporaneous discussions about the change being because of her partial nudity, rather Lady Liberty needed the...
Nothing like the profits for the TPG. The set costs $30, the mint's actual costs for 2016 were...
Nope. Hope you had fun, however...
I think there will be a secondary market for the broken up set for registry collectors. Sure as shooting, both NGC and PCGS will add these unique...
Gee, I thought it was "Kurt shows up late with opinions" :clown: And that would be part of the vendor's proprietary process, of which we have no...
@51Caveman Not really "in time", they're still for sale. They went back on sale Thursday 8/3.
There were 2 sets up for auction at coin club last night. It's disappointing how even in a room of 60 collectors, how little knowledge about set...
Often times clues are in the mint's videos of the coin production process. If they show something being added to the blanks during the pre-strike...
Note that it doesn't say 20,000 were ALL that were returned... speculation in the press is that next Sunday's mint report (released Tuesday, the...
NP Just opened it, clicked in the TOC on the background section and it was half a page in. It was a decent bet to check knowing that the purpose...
Let me Google that for you... https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2014-rd-biennial-report-appendix-4.pdf
And the company that makes the blanks says nothing about it. If that were one of their capabilities they woukd surely advertise it.
A number of people buying multiples are dealers who by 10, 20, 50 to sell at shows AND to break-up into the individual coins to sell in their 2x2...
Check the reverse at 9 o'clock for the New Orleans mint mark...
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