I don't see how one could accurately weigh them in the slab. Slabs are held to no standard weight even when they are the same design; and they...
" Last thing I need is to sell to some one who resembles the rate of change of acceleration." I don't get it. Must need another coffee or...
I was given advise, years ago, by a very sage coin collector, dealer and nut just like me. he told me... "David, if you aren't making mistakes,...
Magnificent coin.
Not. For me, I try to tell the story of what happened to the coin during the manufacturing process. If I can't describe how the error occurred,...
Not to mention the centering.
Proof coins are specially made. All the "Proof" dimes that years carried the "S" mintmark for San Francisco except for a few made in error without...
I find it hard to get excited about such minor doubling. Don't mean to pee on your parade.
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The above coin certainly has an above average strike on a coin most often found as flat as a pancake.
Cleaned/environmental damage.
Above average strike for the type too.
Our coin club's Bourse Committee chairman got change back from a Walmart purchase a few years ago and didn't even need a glass to see what he got....
The clip is questionable but it's still a wonderful find!
Those are really low numbers compared to the millions and millions that used to be sold. Many sets are gifts. Many are broken up to feed the date...
Young girl brought me the odd 'penny" she was given back as change for her morning coffee at the local convenience store...... ........it was a...
Again, I can't authenticate that one by photos alone. If it's real (which I believe) then it has been cleaned or dipped. May have even been...
I don't think it's any more blatant than any other field where experience weighs heavily. Academia and CEO's are examples where beginners get...
Enough to divert my collecting attention in another direction.
There were once so many Lebanese $21/2 Indian pieces around that we would say ; "That one is a 1914 B $21/2 Indian". The B being Beirut mint.
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