So, I'm a coin guy and I usually stick to the coins. I'm currently working on a set of the coins from Morocco, focusing on the French occupation...
Well, let's take another view of this topic: CoinWeek did an analysis of a PR-70DCAM Lincoln, showed its population and price history, and...
So, are you thinking this is a strike through, or do you think it is post mint damage? I'm confused by your original post.
Yes, that's a die crack. They are incredibly common. Do you have a question? What do you want to know about this coin?
Show us a straight on, centered, focused view of the obverse.
This statement made me laugh.
Sometimes the stars align, and the pictures are easy to take. That usually isn't the case, but this morning the camera, the lights, the coins......
A couple of the sets were broken up, and if you read the Heritage auction above a couple of the sets are untraced presently. It is highly unlikely...
I believe the similarity is intentional, but I don't see anything particularly suspicious about it. You could order a few thousand of these slabs...
In the 19th century, they made all sorts of trial and pattern strikes on all sorts of unusual metals. This coin was one piece of a 16 piece full...
Are you looking for this sort of information:...
With these new pictures, I was starting to lean that way myself.
The place and the people to ask this would be directly to NGC. I've posted your question on their forum, and will let you know when I get an...
I think these fit into his "Greek" tradition, which he defined like this: "lumps of precious metal which were, at the end, marked to certify they...
This has been a very interesting thread. As a primarily US coin collector, the slabs make perfect sense to me - but I really understand where a...
This looks like a really nice display! My only concern is that these are coin-safe materials, as TIF is implying. But it looks sharp.
CAC maintains an internal record of rejected coins, but they do not make that information public.
Yes, 1352 in the Islamic calendar roughly corresponds to 1932 in the Western calendar. I'm not sure why you say "allegedly" it is made of...
Oh, absolutely agree. The survival rate (the percentage that survived) is going to vary widely for different issues, based on how they were...
Survival Estimate: a number, such as 10,000 pieces. This lets you know how many you think may be out there. Survival Rate: a percentage, such as...
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