Probably months, and they are talking about commercial dryers that are unsed nearly constantly not you home dryer. And there have been people...
If you really want to be sure do a specific gravity test on it. If it is copper nickel the SG would be around 8.92 If it is the standard war...
Denver did not make proofs. You coins are almost certainly plated with nickel which is magnetic. Nickel is also often used as a base plating...
Bill is an authorized PCGS dealer. His address, phone and email can be found here...
It might at PCGS. $70 for the membership, shipping and insurance both ways, the invoice fee, the grading cost for each coin, and since he would be...
Except possibly on high end MS grades.
Yes that is definitely what it is. The thing is it needs to become better known. Best option for future appreciation would probably be to get it...
The crack is there but it is faint, can be seen best below the base of the Y.
I would say closer to 2 million collectors at all levels and well less than 1 million serious collectors.
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Until the mid 1820's all US coins were struck in what is called an "open" collar which was used to relatively center the planchet between the dies...
Calm down, and stop babbling. Please.
Cohen only identified one variety for the year, Breen identified a second but it is a proof only variety.
OK there are 500 dollars face value in a box right. Now how many half dollars are there in a dollar face value? Two. So there should be 2 half...
People are dumb?
Being legal tender has NOTHING to do with being meant to be used for purchases. It means, in theory, that they MAY be used to make purchases, but...
That nails it, acid soaked. The acid attacks the copper more rapidly than the coppernickel giving it that "Oreo" appearance.
Too small can't read it. Can't enlarge it either.
Only way to really tell for sure would be a specific gravity test. An XRF test might tell you but could possibly be fooled by silver plating.
No only the one die is 1800/1798, the rest are 1800/179. This can be seen on very high grade coins, only the one die shows any traces of an 8 in...
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