Somebody probably paid three time as much for CAC approved one. As for me, I am not interested in either one. It’s a common date.
Yes, sold out as usual. You will have to pay a premium to the dealers and flippers to get one.
Looks polished to me. One of most common ways that scammers sell damaged or counterfeit coins is to post bad pictures.
Heritage, dealers I know through the mail, and my first choice, live at coin shows. I have rarely used eBay. I know some people like to brag...
I would say no. It does not have hairlines, and it does not look polished.
Sheldon developed this scale as a quick way to update values over time. Instead of having columns and rows of numbers, you simply got updated...
The mint does show a surplus, which is like a profit in “government speak.” The mint naturally makes from its normal operations. This years it has...
Especially if they use a good, no problem coin.
The picture does not look like a gold piece. These pieces were made of “gold - gold” not white gold. To go further I would have to look at the...
Yes.
Undoubtedly from the Chatman brothers hoard that showed in the early 1900s. It looks to be more sharply struck that many of them.
Going by the pictures, the “2” surface rating might be because the piece is lightly polished. The portrait looks shiny to me, not like a brass...
Yea, it stared William Bendex and I was a little kid at the time. The only think I remember was he famous punchline. My grandmother watched...
I hope they are putting quality coins in these sets. Back in the ‘80s, they looked for the worst coins they could sweep off the floor and put them...
There was a big bubble in 1979-80. People thought they were getting great deals when they could buy somewhat scarce “investment coins” for “only”...
Yes, “The Life of Riley” did have it’s “revolting developments.” Still, if there is numismatic value there, you should be okay, and the market...
Close-up pictures can overemphasis marks. They can also downplay luster. I can see where this piece could make MS-66 from the full slab photo. I...
A low mintage does not translate into high prices. Look at the First Lady gold coins. Many of them have extremely low mintages, yet they sell for...
After the stock market melt-down yesterday, I was surprised to see the metals goin in the same direction. My only interest in this is my...
This year the mint has issued one limited mintage coin after another. They sell out in as little as ten minutes. Then the flippers make their...
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