I see the marks are the remains of previously lightly punched stars as well. On SOME coins (as Insider says not this one) you will see "lay out...
The initials on the Walking half are incuse and in the field. The field of the die is normally the highest part of the die, but to make incuse...
Of the major services SEGS comes in at probably number 5. Their grading isn't trusted as well as the top 4, but they are probably just as good at...
Well, they come in silver and in clad and you say you don't want clad. So let's see what other choice do we have.....
The sales may be "abysmal", but the two that are usually the "new key" each time have already sold more in the first week to put them out of the...
The answer to the first question is in the first question. Market Acceptable. If the market accepts it, it gets straight graded. As for the...
Not really so different. For him the wheat cent was old familiar and boring. The Memorial was new and exciting. For you the Memorial was old...
+/- .194 grams Which is OK if you can tolerate a 4% error range.
That is a complaint you will often hear from someone that buys bulk rolls of wheat cents. "It's a scam, they were almost all 1940's and 50's with...
Because originally it was just AU-50 and the next step was MS-60. then the market decided that some coins were better than 50 but not as good as...
You can, doing so is perfectly legal, you just have to watch what claims you make for it.
To me it looks like a Chinese Syree.
You won't find the mint records for Record group 104 on line (at least not much since the early 20th century.) Many of the OLD records can be...
Do you have a slab? Do you have a ruler? If so then size determination is an exercise left for the student.
It is a strong clash but I wouldn't call it atypical. The normal marks are there, in the normal place, just a little bolder. I was hoping to see...
Your not mistaken, the two weight specs were 2.689 grams and 2.754 grams. tolerance for either one was +/- .13 grams. So if they were right on...
Yes they are contemporary counterfeits,
Is that a 1773?
Have no interest in the coins personally (except I'll need the Unc dollar for my Comm dollar set.), but I'm curious to see what the sales figures...
No, unless they are in Special Mint Sets. Those were made in San Francisco. But for the business strikes, sorry no way to tell. The only...
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