You do loose a little... Dirt, steel springs in clasps, small stones. In a 500 pennyweight lot I usually have a .5%-1% melt loss.
I think I got mine for $15. That was a hefty sum for a 7 year old. This was more then 20 years ago tho.
This was the very first piece on numismatics that I ever actually paid for as a kid.... I still love em.
APMEX has a buy out for $35.30 for AU sliders I have 103 pieces I'd like to sell at $35 each. This lot is mostly AU's but about 10% of the coins...
Nice!! I hadn't got to checking like that. I have an EMail in to John Wexler about submitting this one.
Yeah that was for 90%. I'm not sure their buy for 40% but I'm sure it's less than spot. Next time I call them ill ask their buy for 40%.
Just an FYI I sold a $1,000 FV bag of 90% to APMEX today for Spot +$.30. Spot or less is a good deal.
1958 D is known for pretty dramatic RPM's for example THIS one is pretty significant as well.
Waddaya think? Just a die gouge or maybe a misplaced mintmark? I have found 4 of these out of a BU roll so it's definitely a die issue of some...
It's struck on lead. They use lead because its soft and won't damage the unfinished die.
The lady on the phone told me that they probably wouldn't do this one but she is checking for me and will get back with me tomorrow.
I also put a call in to NGC today about getting it certified. They are supposed to call me tomorrow.
Thanks! I have actually owned a few of the patterns struck with this bust so it's neat to own a die trial. Hard to believe that this is still...
Here is a new piece I picked up recently. This piece is an unfinished die trial for the piece shown at the bottom. I thought it was neat and...
The US mint has just published over 400 pages of it's findings in it's research to make cents, nickel, and apparently quarters cheaper....
From my understanding of these this isn't an error at all but rather the coin made heavy contact with the edge of another coin and the letter was...
The 1796 appears to be a relatively new Chinese counterfeit... I'm highly skeptical that this piece has been in a collection since the 50's.
Those all appear to be counterfeit as well.
I am good friends with Don Smith who runs http://www.heraldicartmedallions.com/about.html I recently bought 50 pieces from Mr. Smith out of his...
Thanks gang! I was happy to see it. I've got a group of other nice ones I'm still working with.
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