Mintage estimates are all over the map depending upon who you talk to. In my opinion, the market provides the best evidence of scarcity or lack...
It's pretty simple. Use the search button with storage as your key word, and type in my name in the box that says posted by member. You'll find...
Just a suggestion, but I'd be ultra careful about throwing the R word around. It's usage as a method of hype has grown to such proportions that...
No way to tell if it's real or fake without an in hand examination by somebody who knows the coins. But in the end it doesn't matter, as a...
Don't know if it will suit our needs but you can try this one - In the early 14th century the Abbot of Tournai, Gilles Li Muisis, made a rather...
To answer your question Digger, yes, as general rule most coins found in the ground are junk. In other words they have little to no numismatic...
Wasn't proposing that he do it.
While I understand your point, you can also have an over-mint mark that is a re- punched mint mark at the same time. That is because there are 2...
Just don't forget that you can also have quality and eye appeal both ;)
So unless he posts pics for you to see you're not going to trust the man and believe him huh ? OK, as you wish, but that would be a mistake on...
It is not uncommon with coins like that for them to spike in price in a given sale. But at the next sale, be it 6 months, a year, or a few years...
No it will not. Verdi-Care is for the removal of verdigris, your coins have no verdigris. The spots you see could be caused by any of several...
Eye appeal is quite simple, it is one of the primary grading criteria. And it is the combination of all of the coins attributes, or lack thereof....
What you pay for when you buy one of these coins is not for the coin itself, but rather as a memento of the event. Take the coin out of the slab...
Even if you don't enter their give-away, I would urge everybody to subscribe (so you get their email announcement every week) and read Coin Week....
Leave your coins in them , and you will. Toning is progressive, so unless you stop it by changing the storage method, eventually it will turn black.
The reason they quit using mint marks for those 3 years was because there was a coin shortage at the time and they (the govt) blamed coin...
Depends which TPG it is, 1 uses FT other uses FB.
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