Like it or not - Eagles, Maples, Kruggerands, Kooalas, Pandas will always trade at a premium over Englehard or other private mints. Even among the...
Yes, this appears to be a brockage. The orientation of the design (backwards and incuse) is exactly correct for a brockage. I don't see any signs...
Variety Vista is going to be your best, most up-to-date, and most thorough online reference. VV is maintained by James Wiles, who has long been...
They may have been illegal at one time, but coin presses certainly are not illegal to own now. There are plenty of private token makers, and the...
Also - show us pics of your bust half! They are one of my favorite series of coins.
The most basic is something like this: https://www.pcgs.com/news/how-united-states-coins-are-graded I also find that a picture reference is...
Delaminations are very common on war nickels, but that seems to be a rather extreme example. Very cool that its still attached!
I'm not sure how easy it will be to see on a phone, but look at the cheek, points of the stars, top of the eagle's left wing, talons, and points...
Hence the gas gun I usually used ;)
Heh, it's easier if you just use a 2-pound sledge instead of a regular hammer!
Same here, but I used a propane fired gun. Much easier!
Wear is evident on the high points, but not much. Depending on luster, this could go 55 or 58 (I voted 58 in the poll).
Oh, eddie, if only things were so simple as the RedBook. Wouldn't that be nice? It's kinda like I wish every family were the Brady Bunch. Maybe...
You and I have had our disagreements in the past. While I may sometimes seem to come across as negative, I prefer to think of it as "realistic."...
That is not an option. A "crossover" can only have a minimum grade equal to the current grade (If its in a PCGS 50, your minimum can be no higher...
But that's the entire point of "market grading" as practiced by the TPGs - they are placing a "value" on the coin, not a technical grade. Based on...
Absolutely no way that has AU-58 sharpness. Looking at the wear, especially on the obverse, I'd call it 53 sharpness (look at the stars, hair,...
I hadn't heard that number, but it seems reasonable. The 2009 "UHR" really can't compare to the original, because the original was truly much...
What the OP is describing is an "auto-reject" feature that Ebay offers. You can set a minimum threshold, and if the offer is less than that then...
I buy many hard copy books because there is information in them that is not present online (yet). For this reason, I still love them. But the ease...
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