Mirrored surfaces, squared rims, squared edge. Frosted proofs didn't become commonplace until around 1973 when they actually started sandblasting...
The mint has now posted the dates. Starting on May 24th with the CC privy mark and running thru Jun 7 with the Peace dollar...
It is a S-87, the most common of the 1796 liberty caps. ALL of the 1796 caps have the single leaf 1795 rev and all the 1796's are plain edge....
Unless things have changed NGC is about the only one that slabs ancients to any significant extent, and while they will grade them they do not...
Her leaving, or coming into your life?
Etsy is a selling website that was originally set up for crafters selling homemade items. There are lot of items being sold there now, but most...
S-192 and S-193 share the same obv die, and I'm sure about the obv. Both varieties typically have diagnostic die cracks on the reverse, but they...
I see a crack on either side, but I don't see evidence that they are both part of the same crack.
PCGS is incorrect, 11.34 grams is the spec weight for the copper nickel clad half dollar, these are NOT clad). The Washington halves had the same...
Looks like S-193 (early die stage). There are actually 6 different overdate obverses for this year that combine to create 11 different overdate...
Progeny? This coin has children?
Both services. After the initial slabbing they were resubmitted twice, to the other service and then back to the original one, moving up a point...
As far as I can remember, being around at the time, there was never any discussion of creating a silver version in either 40 or 90 percent.
Something changed. Now some big dealers, probably the ones who are arthorized distributors of the bullion coins, are able to get their orders in...
Except with MAC stickers :D
The real danger is that if there is someone or some group out there good enough to make these fakes and get them into the TPG slabs, what might...
Attribution is correct. Coin has high grade sharpness, but the excessive hits and corrosion bring the net grade down significantly to maybe a...
But who want to hoard all their money and then wait nearly 60 years to get any use out of it?
Yes but with the sales of those 20th century keys you could get some nice 19th century pieces
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