That is a nice-looking bar. The serial number implies that perhaps 608 or more were made. To me, that looks like a bar that would be worth a...
I think what imrich is trying to say is that over-graded coins are often as much a threat (if not more) to a novice coin buyer's financial...
Not necessarily. A coin could have been in a house fire, for example. Subsequent circulation would lighten up the high points and rims.
Fortunately, I am not actually like Andy Warhol. But the comparison of his Campbell Soup label paintings to over-strike coins is appropriate. As...
Smoothly-worn pieces will work. Cleaning and mild corrosion will not affect the result. Deep puncture wounds and edge cuts will not work.
If someone had the needed coins it would be easier for me to just purchase them outright and add them into the production mix. Right now, I am in...
I was under the impression that replicas of actual Canadian coins are not allowed in Canada, in any form, even if they are marked "COPY" or similar.
. Anyone interested in the facts, please see my post #40 in this thread (at the bottom of Page 2). . .
There is your favorite word again. The Andy Warhol comparison is valid. Most of the Chinese makes are not of very high quality in the die...
Yes, many "old-gold aficionados" do like that type of toning. I think they are somewhat misguided. They are certainly free to choose whatever they...
What are you talking about ? Cite the specific statement about another mint's dies being "illegal".
Well, that is the Federal Reserve website after all. From that website: "Commercial banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System hold...
Yes. I dislike one-dollar bills. Everyone should be using the small dollar coins instead of bills but the general public is too stupefied to...
I tried several times to get any Congress person, the US Mint, and NASA to look into doing a CIRCULATING Apollo Astronaut small dollar for 2019...
There was a story going around that the Denver Mint workers were allowed to buy one or two 1964 dollars at the end of their shift on their way out...
Which Mint were they working at ? The 1964 Peace dollars were actually struck at the Denver Mint in May of 1965. Do any of your friends' family...
I was aware of the 1970 trials. In fact, I'm planning a "1970" over-strike for 2020. I'm not as familiar with any 1966 trials. I haven't dug up...
From my own experience and observations via submitting and examining many coins, I think the yellow-label ANACS are the strictest and most...
The distinction is between making a completely "new" coin versus taking an existing genuine coin and altering it (without fraudulent intent). You...
John Dannreuther has photos of an original 1964 Peace Dollar master hub. Those photos have never been released (no photos of any 1964 Peace...
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