The metal value has to exceed the face value plus the cost of melting and refining, and it has to stay at that level for awhile. Once it exceeds...
I don't find the URS useful at all or at least it has no advantage over the Sheldon scale. Only the first 12 levels of the URS have any real...
Possibly bought a group of sets and never opened it. It happens.
I seriously doubt it. I think it has reached it's end. If what was deemed illegal? The Farouk coin was made legal, with the understanding that...
They were put in the working dies, by hand, until 1990. 1990 and later the mintmark is in the Master hub
That is because while silver weighs more than the copper, the Manganese weighs less and by tweaking the silver/manganese ratio you can adjust them...
S Mint coins after 1975 that are NOT proofs, 40% silver bicentennial quarters, halves, and dollars. Made for sale to collectors in a three coin...
Could also be a die chip below the base of the 4.
I think the Virginia half penny is highly appropriate. If he deals mainly with colonial and world coins, the Virginia half penny is just about...
The mintmarks on the proof coins became part of the Master hub in 1985, and on all the business strike coins from P and D (except the P cent) in...
I'm glad they did stick with the type I, but it looks like they did chicken out over showing the nipple.
They might have a problem if they wanted to sell them. I still recall an agreement with the buyer of the "Farouk" specimen that they would never...
You'll often see that on 2X2's with mylar windows as well because the coin was contaminated when it went INTO the 2X2.
Sure you can. If they couldn't figure it out all the had to do was ask the Brit's They've been doing it on the round pound since 1985. You have...
Bingo. Copper is reactive. when it reacts with things in the air it forms copper compounds. Most copper compounds are green or blu-green. when...
RWB's comment may have been made long before he was requested to testify for the Langbords. When you make a comment or joke on a forum do you...
I think the OP is just a new collector, with more money than many new collectors have, who is not quite past the accumulator stage.
The only time the mint sealed the yellow envelopes is if you bought a single set from them. They sealed it, addressed it, put postage on it and...
The error Accugrade slab is interesting. I can only recall two companies that had slabs with their own name spelled wrong on them. The two ACG...
Looks like a "soft die" fake multi-strike coin. Not a real error, someone either playing around or deliberately creating a fake error. You take...
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