I just finished a book called, Lewis & Clark-"Through Indian Eyes". Told from a Native American perspective, the book shows mainly that the Corps...
The Pawn Stars producers probably thought the average viewer wasn't smart enough to figure out that the insurance company would want something back.
***That's what Rick himself said on the show, not my words.
Yes Tom exactly. The TV show didn't say if the insurance company knew Rick bought the coin. But supposedly the store security got his info from a...
A guy brought in a Tyre Sheckel which Rick purchased. Later the pawn shop security found on the internet that the coin was stolen. They thought...
Very nice study.
I have never bought from them. May I ask where you heard the bad reports? I seem to recall some negative comments myself, maybe here at CT or...
For some reason I like the second picture the best. All of them are quite impressive.
Yup I see the first ones. Very nice.
Keep in mind that some things are just PMD or post mint damage. The coin got hit or nicked during it's circulating life and it happened after it...
^^^^^^^ Ok you ask about seeing the error through magnification. Well some rpms I found ONLY with magnification; and yes they count. My...
Yes that is the D *and* D, not to be confused with the D over D. As you can see the bottom D is weaker. Also the top D is jammed right up between...
For general checking I use a 10X loupe. When I think I found something I switch to a 16X loupe to look at the mintmark only. Some of the rpms I...
OK to learn fast do this: go to www.coppercoins.com and on the left you see some options. Click the top option, mintmark variety search. When you...
I just looked at www.coppercoins.com and there are 29 different varieties of the 1956-D rpm listed. The third one -003 I also found searching rolls.
There is a good book you may want; "Looking through Lincoln cents" by Charles D. Doughtrey. I have the 2nd edition 2005. He says a lot about the...
The 1956-D has quite a few RPMs. When the mm is high like yours some have a second much weaker mm lower. One is the D and D where the second...
Interesting indeed.
********Years ago the intrinsic value wasn't that much. I ended up losing 50 cents on the Franklin half dollar after all expenses [fees and...
When this type of thread comes around I always ask - Why don't more people list what they have for sale right here on Coin Talk? At least try it...
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