No I don't. I only get one when someone quotes what I posted, not when someone else just posts to the thread.
I'd take the key date. I have a hang up for scarcity/rarity A rare coin at prices I can afford don't come along very often. High grade common...
Yes it is better, I'd say it's damage.
Yours is a low relief. Easiest way to tell the low relief from the high relief is to look at the spike by the bottom leg of the E in LIBERTY. On...
My collection is for my enjoyment, not so I can leave a windfall to my heirs. My life insurance is to make sure the final debts of my estate are...
About the only thing the US did for the circulating coinage in 1876 was they introduced slightly modified hub designs on most of the Seated...
I think the "4 wheeler" is going to have to be a Hot Wheels one. [img]
Yep collectors are suckers and mints around the world discovered that long ago. A lot of small realtively poor countries created many varieties...
Why is it "terrible"? No matter what they get it will be more than they had, and if they don't want to do any effort to do a little research into...
Weighing an "unplated" cent will not really tell you anything.
Retained cud would be the common nomenclature or a slang description of it, but retained die break is the more precise and descriptive term. I'm...
In order for it to indicate time of minting they would have to track individual coins. Not practical when you are doing bulk. Plus every coin...
From what I see I would say yes.
Good point, forgot about the background labeling. Was just looking at the style of holder.
Under the HPA if they aren't marked COPY they are still illegal and he has violated the law. There is no intent to defraud requirement in the...
The lower two are definitely aftermarket, can't tell about the top one, it might be a 1966 Special Mint Set. the 64 and 65 sets did not come from...
The problem with this definition is that unless you personally witness the coin being removed from a mint sealed bag that was opened in front of...
Not until the mid 80's, it was president Reagan who signed the legislation making their importation illegal (K-Rands that were already in the US...
Makes me glad I don't collect moderns.
Definitely a different variety, the colors are bolder and the positional relationships of the initials to the name below are different.
Separate names with a comma.
