Ugh....it always comes at the worst possible time.
Ok, wow, my mistake. It's been a while since I looked into the Pittman act. So that's a large mintage that condenses down what could have been...
I read an article I believe it was in the Numismatist a couple years ago or maybe even in a thread here where a dealer at a show bought two sets...
That was a great post Doug. I didn't even know the websites allowed you to go back in time to study population numbers. One could argue that...
That little blob by the N and the E is consistent. We were just discussing the population of these in depth in another thread. Here's an...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is a 1959-D that was in my pocket change pile last year. If I sent this in I honestly think its got a chance at MS63RD...
Well, they're $40 now and people are paying that.
It's well established that MS coins can be pulled from circulation. If pulled from circulation early enough. Would not be surprised to see a...
With all that was going on in the mid to late 1800s with coinage you'd think more would've been saved. Granted I think a Civil war soldier made...
Excellent topic! I just posted another thread today in US Coin forum about how PCGS comes up with their survival estimates. I'm looking at an...
Its on the coin. Brand new scratch resistant holder from ngc. Took it out of the plastic photographed and put away.
Heres a VG-8 according to PCGS and NGC: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I was recently looking at a dime that had a mintage of 1.1 million. Very few were saved by collectors when they came out so theres litterally...
The only thing I find interesting with them are the ultra high grade ones. The Ike dollars having such a large surface area, meant a lot of area...
I saved your pic Lehigh. You did better than I could with it. Thanks Buffalo. I loved it too. I got a few awesome toners from Lehigh a while...
Your scale is likely advertised as being accurate +/- 0.01. So a 0.02 difference would be normal and pretty much meaningless for coin purposes....
Here's a MS-64+ [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It looks to me like somebody cleaned it. It's not uncommon for gold to be abraided and idk if this year is known for being beat up but it looks...
Be lucky if they make it past the cashier accepting them.
I'd be surprised if currency is still used in 2050. They want to track everything and the push is already on to use cards for their convenience....
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