Gold will react slightly with some chlorides.
MOST of them are, there were a few non-burnished pieces that got into the sets. To get these coins certified as Millennium (either burnished or...
Struck on thin planchet??? The 1997 cent is supposed to weigh 2.5 grams so this coin is only .02 grams underweight, and the mint tolerance is .1...
Should be pretty easy to eliminate foreign planchet. Look at the edge. I believe we are the only country that uses the coppernickel clad copper...
N-3 and N-4 are both from the same obverse die. N-9 and N-10 are each different obv dies. The N numbers are "Newcomb" numbers assigned by Howard...
I've already pointed out previously in the thread that even with his blurry photos the mintmark position on his 69 S proves it is NOT the major 69...
The only cast coins being made in China now are counterfeits of cast Chinese coins. The counterfeits of US and other countries coins made in the...
Yes the P is smaller on the 1981.Back then they used a hand punch and punched the mintmark into every die. In 1990 they added the mintmark to the...
Well right now I believe the price of the 2017 S is higher than the price they have charged for the LESPS in the past so buying the set and...
Customers description All it proves is he filled in a submission form. I doubt he would go out and buy a mid five figure coin just so he can...
Your bank is telling you the truth, they can't specifically order new coins or specific dates. Talking to the Federal Reserve Bank won't help...
They show them pouring silver into a one sided mold. I would think your would get a much more consistent flan weight using a two sided mold....
It is also illegal to put advertising on a coin so a counterstamp of your business or company logo would be illegal.
And if your scale only shows one decimal place it would show 5.2 grams if it weighs over 5.15 grams which is well within tolerance.
The GOLD Sacagawea dollars are dated 2000, have plain edges, and all 12 are currently located at Fort Knox.
If you called them those varieties on your submission for then they need to have the Variety Attribution fee paid whether they really are those...
If the hammer die is far enough misaligned that part of the lettering is off the planchet, it DOES smash into the collar. And if left to continue...
On the first coin the S has taken a hit, Post Strike Damage. On the second coin you are seeing an over polished die plus a different design. The...
They don't learn even then. Otherwise they wouldn't be having it blow up in their face time and time again.
I stopped after 1975.
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