Most impressive piece to me is the 38 S Jefferson. The 18 D buffalo looks like a vinegar soak restored date.
Die wear and/or polishing can make features further apart, it won't make them get closer together. I don't know enough about changes in the rev...
In the early days of the clad production the ingot were made up of three ingots the outer copper nickel or 80% silver ingots were expl sively...
Looks like a decent business strike. Each mint made their own planchets so a SMS or Proof planchet would not be at the Denver mint. SMS...
It's not that he is spreading lies, he's not identifying the right feature. The identifying and important feature to identify the 88 rev of 89 is...
If the layer came off post strike the details would be a LOT weaker and the surfaces on the copper side "rough". Compare to the copper side on...
Tony, If the date is worn off then they are typically only worth 10 to 15 cents.
A comedy-variety show, Rowen and Martins Laugh In. Ran from 1968 to 1972. Highlighted some major stars, and introduced others that became big....
Sorry that should have been MPD.
There is a "major grading consulting service"? Maybe he means CAC. Five million dollars worth over 20 to 30 years would be a fairly small time...
Yes it is, and they back away from their claims completely in the fine print.
Now take one of those old "red" coins and compare it to a new freshly minted copper coin. That old red is not the same as a new red the color...
Yes he is dead,died in 1998. I knew him better from his days on Laugh in which came before the Flip Wilson show.
When the ANA sold ANACS to Amos Press the negatives did NOT go with it. The ANA should still have them, but whether or not they could be located...
No silver, look on the card under the medal "Official goldine issue" Goldine is another word commonly used for brass. No one wants brass, but...
Neat coin, got a lot going on there, uncentered broadstrike (not off-center), PMD, strong double clash marks on both sides, die crack on the...
Yes I admit that would be long odds, but not as long as the odds of a silver coin being struck at a mint that had not struck silver coins since...
He didn't call it an interior cud, he said interior die break. Those do exist, retained and otherwise.
Either the coiners or more likely the die engravers initials. Since these were privately issued and many of these pieces were somewhat...
We really need the weight. Color from computer images isn't a good way to judge, frankly the dime looks better than cpm9ball's half and I know...
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