The rims have been ground off of your coin and its considered PMD (Post Minting Damage).
No.
Without reading beyond this post Tim, I think that "Too Minor to List" actually translates into "Too minor to determine what type of doubling it...
Oh Boy! The State Quarters Collection is for collecting enjoyment and has little to no value over face value plus possibly the holder the set is...
Nope, there is no such requirement. Only that the date on the coin is the year the coin was minted but even that has some flexibility. (i.e. 1804...
PCGS even slabs known counterfeits. In PCGSCoinfacts, under Braded Hair Cents, Ron Guth states: "Plain and simple, the 1848 Small Date Large Cent...
It's interesting how the High Res image of the Reverse Proof includes machine doubling on the Oak Leaves and AMERICA.
I could be wrong but violating the Hobby Protection Act is not a "criminal offense" as much as it is a "civil offense" where the recipient of a...
No, that is not how the six is supposed to look. That particular coin has PDM. PMD = Post Minting Damage.
The only upside to this is the "possibility" of more folks actually looking at the listing because the reality is that the real bidding doesn't...
They experienced packaging delays. The coins were minted in 2014 they just didn't have a method of packaging them.
You're asking "What was the Best Buy?" yet you do not share what you paid for each coin. Also, as explained in your other thread, just because...
One last thing. Obverse and Reverse dies have different striking lives. What this means is if you are looking for a Reverse Die Variety and you...
One of my biggest complaints is the lack of available photographic evidence from the CONECA Site. The descriptions are vague in a lot of cases so...
This statement alone should tell you that your coin is not the FS-801. They really do need to match.
It wouldn't be the first time a TPG got it wrong. IIRC, they base there attributions on the photo's in the CPG which, for these large cois, can be...
Who was that Coin Seller from the past that was dipping his gold coins in Cyanide while he was drinking? Evidently, he reached over for his drink...
Well, some untruths have been published and some assumptions have been made.
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At a recent coin show that was a bit of a drive, I got about 90 miles down the road and realized I'd left both loupe at home! [ATTACH] Like an...
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