Well it has a 17 character barcode so it is before April of 2000. It does have a barcode so it is after late 1990. I can't see the ANACS logos...
It was "2 out of 3 ain't bad." :)
Is there anything visible on the other side? Both posted pictures are of the same side.
At the time only gold and silver were considered to be "real money" and they were the only things considered worthy to be legal tender. (And at...
When the bronze indianheads were introduced the cents were given legal tender status up to 10 cents. Whether that gave the earlier cents limited...
From the first post it seems the dealers were able to pack the line that first day and skim off most of the coins. (and probably figured they...
I know of the 1824 counterstamps, but I have to admit I've never really seen them so I can't say if that is the Lafayette counterstamp or not. I...
I used to get them a lot as well, spoofs from ebay as well. But like Mark I haven't received one for years now.
Nic-a-Date can leave a dark splotch in the date area if they only treat that spot (which is what most people do). Raising the date using a...
One thing that Tom didn't mention was that the ANA board initially only approved the grading service as an experiment to last six months. Like he...
Absolutely not, unless you collect modern counterfeits.
I think it is a small lamination.
Exactly. If the planchet had been that thin when the cent was struck I would not expect it to look like a VG coin. I would expect lincoln to be...
Not NGC, they only slabbed 8 of them before they came to the conclusion they were fakes. PCGS continued slabbing them for another 8 years.
I would say it IS a sample even though it doesn't say so. It is from the later series, it doesn't have a grade, it doesn't indicate a variety or...
You also have the problem that Walton was known to have a fake 1913 V nickel, and there is no way to prove the genuine coin seen today is the same...
Except most of those didn't say "#1 of" they said "1 of" so all you knew was it was one of the group but it didn't really tell you which one....
Both are correct. PCI did the expert signature thing twice, once in the early years and that one died because they used pre-signed inserts. Then...
Well you could do that, but remember when they are pricing the "collector" versions of the coin one of the things they include in determining the...
Mainebill, I think you've got a frog in your throat.
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