Agreed, the ads are clearly written to appeal not to collectors or numismatists, but to "Shop at Home TV" type customers.
As you mentioned it could have been done in a nationalistic sense as a way to put the blame on the other nations for what had happened to Germany....
I agree with Ken but I would say a scratch not a gouge.
Yep a scratch. And so far bids for his "error" coin are less than melt. Will be interesting to see if it reaches issue price.
They problem is that a great many of the "first strike" coins are actually from the middle or even the end of the dies production run. Die life...
The problem with Penny Whimsy is the pictures are actual size which can make it difficult to see the differences clearly. Also if you have the...
Yep S-30 no doubt. It is inetersting that the die chips in the left obv field don't appear to be visible. Everything else though says obv 10...
Kool Aid? :)
Agreed, just die deterioration.
Seated dollars at almost a full gram underweight? How could they NOT be fake?.
And this is why it isn't possible to "adjust your prices so you will always come out ahead on the rounding". Yes you can adjust them so you...
Me too, think I'll be waiting a LOOOOOONNNNG time though.
I have no problem with someone self insuring. I have no problem with them padding a dollar or two in extra profit. but on a $10 item that might...
The roller press tests were in 1965 -69 (and the press was eventually set up in the new Philadelphia mint that would open in 1969) Supposedly...
True, I changed mine, and I have used the same one since I joined ebay back in 1998.
Also mark the package Do Not Forward. One form of scam is to have packages forwarded and then claim non-delivery. Once it is forwarded it is not...
Yes,
I hope he meant that the crooks take the coins to the next town over and not that THEY take stolen coins to the next town. :)
Actually San Francisco struck over 220 million cents in 1965, but since by law they weren't supposed to use mintmarks that year (or the next four...
Still in business, they would be on the hook, and they do honor their guarantee. I wonder if they would have an out like the major TPG's do,...
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