You have 125 units, a half unit, a quarter unit, a tenth unit, a 1/20th unit, a 1/100 unit.
The OP coin clash is minor and would not add any value. A severe clash might add a little, and there are a few indians where the dies were...
Typical die life for a proof die (since around 1973) is around 3000 to 5000 coins but can be much lower. Once these were discovered the Mint went...
The first couple of editions were sell published, then there was an edition published by a firm called ANCO (although that might have still just...
F&W Publications. The really big errors (missing countries etc) started occurring right after they sold Krause Publications to F&W Publications....
But why in the world would you need a "reference" coin? And the "reference" for the US monetary system is the dollar. It was set as the standard...
That's OK, you really don't want to know it. I don't think he could have been beaten up too bad, I believe the book went through seven editions....
I don't know about better, but they were probably more attractive. (Although I do like the modern ones as well.)
Back in the early 60's when they suddenly started getting scared of lead in paint they removed the lead and switched from oil based paints to...
Should have jumped on it, that is a ridiculously low price. Even a 63 lists at over $2,000
It can't be absorbed through the skin, and in it's metallic form it really isn't that bad. Many chemical compounds of mercury, especially organic...
From 1857 to 1864 the cent was 12% nickel 88% copper. The metal value of the coin was .68 cents each The current cent cost 1.5 cents apiece with...
They might be able to stop the corrosion from continuing, but removing it will not be possible. It will always be a details piece.
To have any real value it needs to be either the D mint small date made of copper (not copper plated zinc), or it has to be slabbed by one of the...
That's because 99.99999999% of the ones found are just plated cents worth one cent.
Would it be a lot of work for $2.50? Especially if you could make many of them? 25 cents in 1965 would have had the purchasing power that $2.50...
Well since it is a bullion coin, you can't buy it from the mint. You'll have to buy it from a distributor or on the secondary market after it...
It's a three year old thread, and it's a WAM.
I would say yes. Not sure if it would be worth having slabbed though.
I see a die crack, a gouge, and possibly some die crumbling/chipping.
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