Agree...a fine coin at best.
I've been advised for many years that when the stock market drops, that's the best time to add more funding into it, and it's true. Whenever I've...
Love those old soap bar slabs:)
Get them both!
Pardon me for my blunder...13, 14, 15 years, whatever....I sold a pile of bullion that was taking up space for years and doing nothing. Traded it...
Wouldn't pay a "plum" dollar for it...red flags all over the place.
13 short years ago silver was around $4.50/oz and no one wanted it. Demand is what sets the price. With the new solar tech, political unrest, an...
The paper with the designation written on it.
When that coin was graded it was brilliant with a few hairlines and graded properly. Most silver coins I've seen in the soap bar slabs have now...
That's no problema.
PF 63
Thanks a million for the info...hope to hear more from you!
If only there were any surviving mint employees from that era who could solve the mystery.
I totally agree with all items mentioned here...the more the questions asked, the more the mystery evolves. I personally doubt that these 64 SMS...
SO, to add to the confusion, or eliminate it once and for all, Should they be referred to as " Trial Strikes"? all these other SP coins are...
I've heard rumors that the Josh Tatum story was just that.
Might as well throw in the 94-P and 97-P Jefferson SPs with this group of coins. By the way...what's the metal composition of the 71-S Ike...
Myself, and many others call them "special strikes", not SMS. NGC designates them as SP, not SMS. If only PCGS would be so kind as to change...
Beaning them might be tough.
These were used heavily for trade in the orient. US dollars were not as widely used because they weighed a bit less. The rim is something I...
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