Honesty is one of the highest human ideals, so far as I am concerned. What better way to show respect for another person? Many thanks and...
I respectfully disagree with the "unsearched" bags of wheat cents idea. I believe I can safely say that 99+% of the bags on eBay that say...
Nice find. Now wait until your neighbors are away and check their yard too!
To me, it doesn't look like someone purposely messed with it. I would say it came that way from the mint, but I cannot specify the mechanism of error.
Thanks for the update. I'm all-too-familiar with those black spots. You can take a Dremel to them, and damage the surface of the coin, and still...
At two for a dollar, that's $20 a roll, which is better than wholesale. You won't be making a killing, but it's a fair price.
Just check closed auction prices. In most cases, PCGS coins are significantly more. For an example, I checked 1939-D nickels in MS-67 on...
Dipping is unlikely to help those coins. At least 2 of those 3 coins have point-like spots of heavy toning. A quick dip will remove the normal...
Spend $20 of it on a numismatic reference book, read the book, and that should give you ideas what to do with the other $80.
I don't think it's anything to get excited about, but if you post larger pictures I'm sure we can give you a more definitive answer as to the...
Goes to show you how well I pay attention. Feel free to remove this thread if it's deemed duplicative.
I purposely withheld my opinions on the price; didn't want to potentially offend any fellow CTers if the coins belonged to them. Personally I'm...
I'm the last person to post eBay auction threads, but as a collector of Jefferson nickels, this was a captivating auction, and I just wanted to...
Probably a filled die. A little grease or something gets in the crevices, which makes the die flush. When it's struck, those details are left off...
"I'll tell ya' there's alot of factors involved when buying raw coins" There are a lot of factors, indeed. The buyer's overall perception is...
Well, it's not full steps, not even 5 steps, because of the breaks, but it's still a decent pickup for what you paid. Just for clarification,...
Oh. I didn't catch the part where you have to pay extra for the + designation. If that's right, then shame on PCGS. That is, more shame than...
So, they're tracking coins submitted to them, and implementing NGC's star (plus) system. They're still too expensive for my coins.
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