And you do need to confirm it really is what the label says. The TPGs, especially PCGS and NGC are notorious for getting attributions wrong. At...
As far as I am concerned, melt. (The dies for these things still exist. They can always make more.)
Slight misalignments light that are common. There is no premium until they are misaligned enough that parts of two notes are visible.
So you'll have a dollar coin in your pocket and half as many bills in your wallet, but they will be twos.
I've never heard of anyone recommending periodic replacement of their 2X2's.
Yet after conserving it, PCGS sent it back still in a MS-63 holder. So with their current grading standards they still think it is a 63. And...
Usually, but if I take an uncirculated coin and drill a big hole in it, it is certainly now a cull, but it isn't circulated.
Oldhoopster has part of the answer, yes it was part of an encased cent. But pressing it into the holder didn't cause the bowl shape. That came...
A few years ago this wouldn't have cost him anything, it would have been covered under the grading guarantee. But now the guarantee specifies...
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Good general rule. NEVER buy coins from one of the TV programs.
I've always thought so too.
Nonsense. Brass plating comes from from zinc contaminated plating solution and can occur in any year. In fact since the solution starts becoming...
But probably the best service for varieties and attributions. Much better than the "big two".
The holder the nickel is in is called a cointain.
Yep, seen lots of 1987 D dimes.
Shropshire D&H 13bis conder token, unique. I did have another unique piece but a second one turned up about two years ago.
Well considering the thread is 6 years old and the guy who posted it hasn't been here in 9 months,he probably isn't too interested anymore,but go...
No it goes just slightly above as I said. This is the NGC image. [IMG] Your coin look at the difference. [IMG]
It will be worth at least as much as it was before the vinegar treatment.
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