It happened occasionally. In fact the 1870 gold dollar dies originally sent to San Francisco also lacked the mintmark. And I believe it was the...
Privy, meaning to have knowledge of. A privy mark would be a mark or symbol that would convey knowledge of a certain event/person/place etc....
That's what I'm afraid of. Then they will come here asking if they should send it in for grading. :)
I checked his profile as well and it lets me send him emails.
The MS on that label may not indicate that it is Mint State. Back in the days of body bags (I don't know if this still hold true) when coins...
Make that JUMPS to a magnet. A nickel plating will make it STICK to a magnet, but it won't jump to it and it will fall off easily.
Yes. They sell or have sold all kinds of "collectibles" at inflated prices for years. Back when I was young one of their big things was "limited...
We could possibly give you better advice if you posted a picture of your coin and not someone else's. But as a general rule, no you aren't going...
Or they may say nothing about it. I strongly suspect planchet striation lines. And they do appear on the lettering as well, at least on some of...
I did think of another test, the tissue test would probably be able to tell if it was a rolled thin silver or a Philippines 10 centavo planchet.
The $10 million dollar sale was a private deal not at auction.
People have to realize that putting it in your cart does not take it out of inventory, finishing checkout takes it out of inventory. So it can be...
Hard to say, his shows the surface strike through and clash better, but yours is focused better.
Yes, but will the bids exceed the $10 million mark? If they do, even if he buy it in that means the coins value has gone above that he paid.
But not all coins are/were struck in a collar.
Appears to be struck on a 1957 D cent.
All coins are at least double dies. Double means two so double die means two dies and coins are struck using two dies. Doubled die means two...
Most likely a rolled thin planchet. The only other possibility would be a Philippines 10 centavo planchet the diameter is right 17.9 mm and the...
Considering the $10 million was in a private sale and not a public auction, I am interested to see if the price will hold up or if it will sell...
That is an older ANACS slab obviously. ANACS certified and/or slabbed problem coins LONG before the other services did, and they used net...
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