Coins are not encapsulated in a "clean room" environment, and the plastic shell are great for developing a static electric charge which attracts...
You have tracking on a christmas card?
1. For all practical purposes yes. Technically the "copper" Lincoln cents come in two different alloys but for the most part no one bothers to...
Not that improbable since they are already both of the same date and mint. Take any two 71 D half dollars at random and the chances of them being...
If the weight is actually 6.38 grams then it IS struck on an overweight planchet (not silver) and it is well out of maximum tolerance weight by...
They do, at least the later clad ones do.
I don't believe the old mint building is open any longer. Financial difficulties with the organization trying to renovate it. As of Nov 2017...
Yes, I see, there are still traces of the scratches that they repaired on the fake obv die.
That is because it is the standard reference and the best book for the late dates. Print runs are not high and most of the copies are in the...
She didn't say WHEN her father was told they were worth about face value. Up until 1968 or so you could still get them for face value over the...
A copper plated zinc cent? No, they make about 8 billion of them every year and have for over 30 years. So 240 Billion pieces available.
PCGS has always had a bad reputation for replying to emails. If you really want an answer you are much more likely to get one by calling them....
Until you actually reached the time when they are to be removed. Then complaints start and the law get changed to either allow them to stay or...
The weak D die pairs that show no mintmark are filled dies, but the authenticaters say Die 2 had the mintmark completely removed. I do not...
No, the Sac, NA, and President dollars all use the same planchets. Same weight, same composition. Have to add one to my count, 37 pieces in the...
Fine but during times of being very busy that means they could still be sitting around for a long time before they even START moving through the...
I would have no problem with that, the problem is the difficulty of actually removing one that is very popular once their time is up. That's one...
Interesting. I never knew there were so many coins with unicorns (other than in coats of arms).
NGC 4 slab, used 1988 to 1992.
Acid soaked.
Separate names with a comma.