The OP said he wanted to collect a full set in mid-grade that he could afford but that not buying high end coins felt like cheating. I pointed...
One other reason is the size of the dies. The major DDO cent have a displacement between the two hubbings of 2 degrees or less. Think about the...
Kentucky still charge sales tax. Indiana got rid of it in July of 2016, but foreign coins and currency is still taxable. And gold coins that...
They are still legal tender, but the banks HAVE been instructed to return them to the Fed if they come in. (That doesn't mean every new teller...
It has been soaked in acid. The acid attacks the copper faster than the coppernickel layers so the copper center gets smaller and the...
It's a slug. There are a lot of these around. They were made to fool either vending machines or to "short" quarter rolls. It was punched from...
When you are dealing with early coppernickel alloy coins the "square rims" rule is NOT a hard and fast rule. They had a lot of problems with...
I think there have been more than that. As far as I know there is only the one coin.
It's not an answer, more like a restatement of the question. The question is does the $20 referred to in the amendment still just refer to $20...
Doesn't look like a drill hole, more like someone tried to scrape off a die crack or die chip.
No.
Because every time a new collector comes by and asks about buying coins it seems like everyone bombards them with the advice to "buy the best...
Burton is correct, the proofs were struck slower and at higher pressure. That allowed the rims to fill completely and form the squared off edge....
the coin looks good to me. Can't be an altered 1873. The date logotype on the 1873 is much more compact. The date on the 1883 is much wider.
The words Congratulations Set on the slab label.
Ignore whether or not they are touching, that varies depending on how much wear and/or polishing the die has received. Just take a quick...
So far she has shown three 1982 D cents, one of them appears to be a small date, the only wights she has mentioned has been for a 1982 cent. was...
Nice die cracks. I don't see die doubling, I see what might be some traces of either Longacre doubling or MDD.
I believe in the latter case the article is wrong. Bosbyshell had wanted the first coin for himself but learned it had been promised to the...
I've never seen an early ANACS certificate that graded anything MS-70. I would be surprised if ANACS graded anything as a 70 until sometime in...
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