That's why I keep insisting PMD is not the proper term to use. It should be PSD Post Strike Damage. Anything that happens to the coin after the...
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This attitude has always surprised me. "I was willing to pay $600 for that coin and I did wind up having to pay that so I'm happy. Of course if...
Is there any investment that ISN'T a form of speculation in some way? I'm strictly a collector. (Since 1972) Don't really care if the value of...
I still want to know if Alan Hagar and MAC actually showed up at their table.
The DIE might be considered to be machined doubling damaged (die or hub sifted during the single squeeze hubbing), but not the coins struck from...
But they started up again after the war ended. As soon as the peace yreaty was signed the mint again ordered planchets from Boulton and Watt....
The variation was formed in the die during its creation and is present on all coins from that die. They are a variety.
Image from the GSA sale [IMG] They would have been stored like that stacked in the Treasury vaults. Air with contaminants such as sulfur...
Savings bonds are safe, but have very little growth potential. A good financial adviser and mutual funds would probably be better. A little...
One thing I have to wonder is, if they missed that much on Lou, how is Rich? What did they miss on him? I'm sure NORRA could get you the...
Possibly original, don't believe it is a modern. It isn't a high quality one though.
It is neither a variety or an error. It's a die stage. Polishing a die does NOT create a new variety, just as the dies clashing or cracking does...
But it is no longer than on the silly head, head of 38 or the 39/6 (or any of the other young heads 1835 -38.) So there is nothing special about...
As jerryc39 said the biiby head is only on the 1839. There is no "funny" head, you are probably thinking of the "silly" head, also only in 1839....
Not LM-8 either. I agree with the reverse, but that rev was used on 7 and 8 and stars 6 & 7 are too far apart to be obv 3 (LM-8). Also star 13...
No the latter classic head half cents typically come on good quality planchets. (I believe you are thinking of the classic head large cents.)And...
Why not, they're made of meat too.
Because "Everything's bigger in Texas!"
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