And then listen to the collectors complain that the Mint ruined the aftermarket, as pretty much EVERYTHING falls below issue price, because...
BINGO! I don't believe so. After 1853 you could sell silver to the government , or deposit it and have it made into bars, you couldn't deposit...
That dealer was Q David Bowers. He has told that story before in some of his writings.
Sure, the prices on the TV shows are usually at LEAST twice the real world prices.
As Doug said, the plastic is air permeable. Now lay the set flat, and put something flat on top of it. The envelope is going to be pressed up...
Because he is looking for a sucker. Someone who gets real excited over getting the "last" of something, but who has no idea of values.
I can't say for sure, it is either a 26 C-2 or a 28 C-1. They share the same rev die.
MS, Straight graded, Under $800. You can have any two.
OK we now have the card in 1957, anyone have 1955 flat pack or 56 with the card?
NO! Unless you don't mind COMPLETELY destroying the proof surfaces.
And when they decide on a FMV it is a take it or leave it proposition. A few years ago on another forum a guy had a gripe about a NGC guarantee....
I have no idea. To me a unmarked copy in violation of the HPA is synonymous with "fake". My only guess is that since the Smithsonian is...
There are 54 different letter combinations, 30 red and 24 blue. As a general rule all of them are common with the blue tokens starting with W...
The laser pebbled frost began in 2006.
What probably ruins more dipped coins than anything else, is insufficient rinsing. ANY traces of dip left on the coins will continue to attack...
I've seen a fair number of those 1901 cnets that have been removed from the encasements. They show up in the error sections of the online forums...
It is/was a commercially available aftermarket holder that somebody but the coins into. The coins could have come from circulation, bank rolls,...
That isn't a restrike, it is an unmarked copy. The original restrikes used the original dies, and the Baslow restrikes used fransfer dies made...
This is the key. It doesn't matter whether the AM is touching or if there is a gap between them, it is is the M CENTERED between the A and the E...
They have upset the edges of the planchets since the 1790's. The Castaining machine, though primarily intended to apply a letter edge, also...
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