Nickel 5g - Quarter 5.6g - not much difference in weight - nickel planchets begin life thicker than a quarter.
Looks like a fingerprint on the bottom half of the reverse
Just because coppercoins list a variety as unknown doesn't necessarily mean it is not recognized by CONECA or Wexler. In many cases it just means...
Rounding rules, I believe, more than likely would be legislated by rounding up with the state laying claim to the breakage on every transaction....
I can not reconcile the logic here. People are advocating a return to the gold standard yet screaming to get rid of the money (coinage) whose...
Although 92.5% silver - sterling has to be assayed because the full metal alloy composition is unknown. US coin silver at only 90% is manufactured...
In a retail type business - replacement cost of inventory, not the actual acquisition cost or weighted average thereof, is what determines profit....
Price and real value are not the same. In reference to Gold - the dollar is nothing but a standard unit of measure of price. You can substitute...
Looks like mint mark is not in same spot
Calling something flawed and illogical without presenting qualifying statements and/or supporting information for your position is IMHO easy.
Here is another trick that might help. Crop the 4 photos above showing the mintmark locations squarely around the date and mintmark. Set the width...
Any tooling marks and imperfection from the master die which are transferred to the working die during the hubbing process and any imperfections...
If your coin was a Morgan or Peace dollar - then the die break might actually add a premium but cents and other modern US coinage at this time...
How about removing any references of a coin collection from your will- destroy any documentation as to their value or purchase price - do not add...
S-L-M - Spread-Location-Markers. Spread - direction of doubling - north,south, etc. Location - devices which exhibit doubling Markers -...
Cost/benefit says being the best doesn't always make it the best choice.
Mark to market is nothing but a scapegoat. It is a reporting standard and that is all it is. When the principals act unethically for immediate...
I'll bite. Price and value are not the same thing. Price is a measure of value based on a specific currency. A valid measure of value based on...
Junk US silver coinage.
That dang 1934-D PCGS MS64 Buffalo Nickel that I cannot remember where I last put it. When I find it - I hope the 1944 and 1945 proof Jefferson's...
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