There's quite a few dealers that offer programs similar to that. Most of them call them Coin Of The Month or something along those lines. If you...
I would ask you, does why matter ? And no, I'm not being fippant, I'm quite serious. In your original question you commented that you had noticed...
That's about all it should be for anything up to and including MS63 for basically any generic gold coin. What's a generic gold coin ? Most of them...
Comments like this are common and you'll find them in books, articles, websites, forums - basically all over the place and about all coins....
It works for a general rule, but I wouldn't put a lot of faith in the color progression chart because mother nature doesn't always follow those...
The reason some are or get confused with the term uncirculated is because they don't know the definition of the word when it is used in...
When I was still collecting I set out to be the first to assemble a date set of Netherlands gold ducats. Given the number of years they had been...
The idea of putting reeding or some other design onto the edge of a coin goes back to 1643 when it was first invented by the Royal Mint of France....
They've been using that blue label since about 1998. And no they don't go sequentially for all coins, each coin has its own unique coin number....
Typically marks like that are from either a counting machine or a rolling machine. In other words, it's common post mint damage, nothing more.
For the most part, you're right. However, I would offer this "warning", and I'm using quotes around that word because the word is accurate in this...
Cert numbers don't tell you much in regard to when it was graded because each coin has it's own series of cert numbers. In other words it may have...
Admitting my mistakes is due to me being me. But making the mistake that's due to my not thinking before typing :oops: - which is how most of them...
Normally I'd agree with Eddie. However, with a coin like this one I'd dip it anyway. Why ? Quite simple really, so no one else ever finds...
There is a valid reason for this - and it only has to do with one thing, money. But probably not in the way you're thinking. The reason it's hard...
Yup, always have. If only everyone would do that - can you imagine what a different place this would be ? A wise man once said - if you don't...
A question for you BigTee, do you know when the coin was slabbed by PCGS ?
While I agree with what others are saying, I would not say that the coins being referred to when is talking about the large silver coins commonly...
You're right, I stand corrected :(
Sorry, but that is not a Special Mint Set. The '65 Special Mint Set was only sold in the hard plastic holders - not in the pliofilm flat packs....
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