One of the side effects of slabbing, the dealers don't feel they have to handle the coins with care anymore. "The slab will protect it."
Because that is what they were called in the 1850's. The Coin World story doesn't go into a lot of depth but Rust claimed that he had heard that...
Or if you tell them their post should have been made in a different forum, have them report their own post a request that it be moved. Then the...
I knew one of the dealers on the list as well, John Turner from Austin IN. Bought a lot of coins from him back in my early years as a collector.
Not in the condition I can afford them. :)
That's what the mint counts on.
Yes 1815 and 1825 quarters, E and L, same punches used for both years but not done at the mint.
Not possible. ALL the dies used to make the coins came from working hubs that all came from the SAME Master die. So if one die had a rotated...
Yes it is a Wide AM.
Yes there are RPM's on the large mintmarks, sorry but I don't have any pictures. I know there are some impressive P/P's and a good D/D.
Tossed in the scrap as a broken part and sold as scrap by the GSA. Then recovered by whoever bought the scrap.
If it was zinc it would have to be WAY out of tolerance. If it was plated copper it would be just slightly out of tolerance. So odds are MUCH...
I'm thinking strikethrough as well.
Back when I first started I used to see things like this all the time (some times with a plug cut out rotated and put back, some with the plug...
Those may or may not have been in original mint bags. The Continental Bank hoard probably were though.
Yes I would say it's PMD. Everything else does match S-65
The individual coin authorizations don't specify that the organization has to raise matching funds, but another portion of the law requires it for...
I have seen a CC dollar bag sell befor and it topped $1000. What I find annoying is back in 1972 when the hoard first went on sale it was...
Correct, because coins are graded based on the amount of WEAR on the coin. A fingerprint is NOT wear. So a coin with no wear and with a...
Both coins are low relief.
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