Getting back to the original subject - karrlot, were you joking about the shape of the mint mark, or is it really questionable whether it is a...
Heritage sold a counterfeit for $86.50 in January, and a real one was part of a three-note lot from that bank that went for $316.25 in January of...
The second picture looks more like a cracked die than it does like a coin struck by a cracked die. IMHO you have a coin that has been subjected...
How are you arriving at that conclusion? At the current exchange rate, the face value of a Canadian coin in US dollar terms, is ~86.3%. If...
I wouldn't be surprised if the TV hucksters themselves aren't the ones posting some of the 46 current listings for these damaged coins - some of...
Of which they undoubtedly spent <$1 for postage. :eek:
[img] to CoinTalk blu. If you read this description carefully you will see that they have taken genuine State Quarters, "layered" them in platinum...
Were you, by any chance, dealing with Littleton? If so, expect a stream of "on approval" mailings. :eek:
[img] to CoinTalk azaffiro. You don't mention where you "came across" the piece, so there is always a chance that it is genuine - especially if...
If the "1320" is a standard Islamic date, it corresponds to the period from April 10, 1902-March 30, 1903. If it's one of the variant calendar...
I frequently mail one or two coins by cutting a hole in one side of a small piece of corrugated cardboard, taping a piece of plain paper over the...
I use two gooseneck lamps, one on each side of the coin at a low angle. (I still get lousy pictures, but at least there are no camera shadows in...
If and when we add more states, we'll add more stars, but we could acquire 1,000 new territories and it would have no effect on the flag. Pardon...
and even more importantly, because Congress ordered them to!
How so? Total weight of an envelope, cardboard stiffener, and coin is well under one oz., and an envelope costs a fraction of a cent.
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Another reminder - www.coinvalut.com is Clark Smith, a very reputable dealer who has no connection whatsoever to the TV hucksters' "Coinvault".
I chose the 1996 Gibraltar NCLT Elvis Presely coin at random, and checked Krause. They are offering an Unc "six for the price of five" special at...
And which 1811 is that? ;)
[img] to CoinTalk countrybar. Unfortunately you have a novelty item worth exactly 1¢. Several years ago there was a private company selling sets...
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