Nice set!
The US Mint has never gold-plated a coin. Medals, yes, but not coins. Many people and companies have done so in attempts to profit from those...
Head over to Variety Vista and try to attribute the 1966 half. There are so many different doubled and tripled dies of those that James Wiles...
Yes. Die cracks alone don't get cataloged in the VAM listings, although they can be used as fingerprints to confirm a match with a cataloged...
You're almost saying, "I don't know how to swim, but open sea rescue diving sure looks like something I'd want to try." There is a lot to learn...
Good question to get the answer to. Very easy to show in person, harder with photos and text. Hairlines are patches of typically parallel...
Coins wrapped in tissue paper packaged in a paper envelope, as far as I know.
Your coin looks to have a lot of light scuffs on the cheek, but it is quite attractive. I can't comment further without seeing a picture I'm...
If you want to spend some time getting lost in old auction catalogs, go to the Newman Numismatic Portal (NNP). 285 auction companies represented,...
It may very well be set of coins that was originally purchased together, or it may be coins that were bought in the 1950s and put in a custom...
That and average state of preservation.
Yes.
The premium isn't super high on those right now unless you are at the top of the pops, but there is one. $240 for an AU58 is a really good deal.
With the exception that Snow does not attempt to catalog every die, only those with interesting-enough varieties.
Nice pick-up.
To answer a few questions at once, all Morgans will have a VAM number, although some will have the number that means "normal dies." The coin...
You didn't say where in the date. [IMG]
I wouldn't go as far as saying repurposed as I would say they continued to be used. I imagine the same happened with business strike coins,...
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O/CC is only for 1900, but we don't yet know exactly when in 1900. There hasn't been any internal Mint documentation found that specifically...
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