Didn't have a TV, but I listen to a news/talk radio station. Heard the story about the first plane and didn't think too much of it, just thought...
Just possibly a misaligned die clash.
If you want to avoid that inelegant term there is another term for the disk punched from the strip before it is given the raised edge . . . Flan.
If it is real 5.7 grams could be far enough out of spec to command a modest premium. Assuming the gold color is from toning and not someone very...
Please post good clear images of it..
Die chips.
The hardbound 1970 edition if you can find it, I think the photo quality is better than the later paperback versions.
You can have the reflective strips made, just like PCGS and NGC do. Sure they won't be exactly like theirs but you can get them good enough to...
Cost to ship to them would be flat rate Priority box $7.20 and Insurance for $450 is $6.80 They ship back registered I believe and that is costly...
HWH is Highest Wave of Hair and it is the wave below the R (usually, on several 97's it is almost between the E and R, on S-217 and 218 it is...
I wouldn't expect it to be as strong as you are used to on the silver proofs. Silver is the most reflective of all metals so cameos on those...
The original "rewards" program.
This would make an interesting story in World Coin News, both the discovery and the Royal Mint's opinion.
Looks right to me.
They may have formalized it last year, but that has been their "official" in house policy for years. The firms that handle the coins and rolling...
An even later die stage of S-187 looks like Stage IV
That was why originally PCGS and NGC would only accept submissions from authorized dealers. The whole idea was for collectors to submit through...
I like the PCGS label, Broadstruck out of collar. As opposed to what Broadstruck In the collar? Considering the definition of broadstruck is a...
First question, your link shows the $10 gold buffalo not the $50 burnished so the comment about PCGS value being $4K didn't mean much. So I went...
When I google "lowest minted cent" the only thing that comes up mentioning the 2017-S is an article for NGC from Oct 2017 and it called the 2017-S...
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