The surface on a matte proof ISN'T real smooth, it's textured. (Of course to a lesser extent the surfaces on a MS 1909 Lincoln are textured too....
No we should eliminate them like a lot of other countries have done.
Actually Capital Gains tax of 28% $728
Would probably be easier searching their own files for duplicate addresses I believe most all of their business is by mail only.
There is only one variety listed in the Redbook (A Guidebook of United States coins by R. S. Yeoman) There are 16 varieties for this year. The...
SMS = Special Mint Set From 1965 to 1967 the mint did not make regular mint sets or proof sets. They made a kind of a hybid set that was neither...
But was he talking about just getting back more than you paid for them, or really making money after figuring in for inflation? Probably the...
My home still uses fuses. And when one blows they are getting harder to locate. As to the cent, its a 1998 hurricane commemorative!
Yes you do it by mail, which brings you to the question of how well can you trust your local mail service? The mail service while it is in the US...
A retained cud is where the piece of the die has broken off the die but is still in place and continues to impart some of its design on the struck...
You just asked for a reason. Pt and Pd are nearly identical in appearance and chemical properties and they have pretty much the same industrial...
Spec is 2.5 grams, tolerance was +/- .097 grams so range is from 2.403 to 2.597
Good choice of stopping point. :)
The Lebanese fakes were typically full weight and often a little better in fineness. They could do it because the coins typically sold for a...
I don't now about that, but it sounds like she is worth worshiping.
Unfortunately the same can be said for a lot of people IN the community.
Most newly mined silver today comes as a byproduct of copper mining. it is removed as a contaminant of the copper. Well you can't get it ALL out...
Severe coin shortage and they were cranking them out like mad. Stainless steel wasn't good for the dies either so short die life. Put a lot of...
I like harley's answer, mayber the joker will learn something.
They used to do that, and everyone whined because "They paid for grading and they didn't get it. They just sent my coin back and didn't even put...
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