If Thad isn't going to make it himself, he should license someone else to produce it. It would make it available and he would get "royalites"...
Until you can get a proper holder use a food grade ziplock bag, they are polyethylene which is inert and coin safe. Gets it out of the PVC.
You have to wonder what was holding that obv together? It pretty much had to be the anvil die and the collar was keeping the pieces from falling...
That's why I want it, just to have for reference. I don't collect colonials but I have many of the standard references, and frankly Miller has...
But if the seller isn't in the US, then our laws don't apply. If they are both in the US then I could agree with you.
No, but early in the year would you know whether or not they had changed the design of the half eagle? If you haven't seen any 1883 half eagles,...
My knowledge on this mostly comes from the old vertical coining presses, but after the previous coin was struck the anvil die rises forcing the...
And that is when they get their education. IF it was made after 1973. Copies made before 1973 do not have to be marked (HPA does not apply to...
Yep that is pricy alright, but most of the books published by C4 are pricy. But usually worth it. On the other hand for a 700 page book I guess...
Ozone was confusing 1964 with 1974, and aluminum for steel. Plus the fact that there WERE pattern bronze clad steel 1974 cents made as well....
It was probably more about what the money was to be used for, the restoration of the Statue and of Ellis Island. They had had commemoratives in...
The reason is probably two fold. First the mintage was low 35,180, plus the fact that most of them were still in the Mint when the Coinage Act of...
I'll be there Friday and possibly Saturday.
What the OP is basically describing is a coin struck on a blank and not a planchet. The blank is the same size or possibly a tiny bit larger than...
The weight is set by the weight of the blank. The shape of the collar, which is what creates the "missing reed", doesn't change the weight.
Sorry double post
I have seen such tubes in the past from PCGS, NGC and ANACS. I don't recall if ICG has ever done it.
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