It's a N-10. N-9 is always cracked from the point of bust to the ear. N-11 is always cracked from the rim through the first S in STATES to the...
The PCGS 4 slabs are getting scarcer, but there are still way to many of them around for the slab itself to carry a premium.
Remember in a lot of cases the coins submitted have been prescreened and only those that were thought to have a really good chance of getting a 70...
It is a commonly believed myth. As Chris said the dealers are in the same boat as we are, but they have a lot more money so they do the place...
They have made it plain that they WILL be making some kind of clad/silver sets but no details. They are still hush hush on the gold because they...
And have a lot of striking problems. Not enough material in the planchet to fill the design in the dies. Careful that IS the argument we use for...
Looks more to me like a 2 under the 4. You can see the bottom left point of the 2, compare it to the first 2.
They were all designs that had been previously proposed for various $5 gold commemoratives.
Yes I have one, good book to have if you like British tokens. First comprehensive book on token values since 1983. The dealer with the "Big...
Tolerance range is +/- .3 grams so the dollars could range in weight from 7.8 to 8.4 grams. So if it started on the low side you could add...
That was how they would "dress up" the ASE dies when die wear would start causing them to lose their satin finish. The would strike an ASE...
Looks like die chips.
It's also basically what I said as well, so that's three of us.
I looked at the actual selling prices on eBay. I will admit I looked at the low mintage 95's and not the 96's but it was possible to get MS-69's...
Would you love it any less if it didn't grade? If so then don't send it in and stay in love.
The Cuban countermark is completely different.
If the planchet was not sufficiently annealed the hardness of the metal would also cause a poorer than average strike. I do like the triple clash...
Well it's close to being perfectly round. The real ones were cut from hammered silver sheets by hand with shears leaving them very uneven. And...
OK so if you are just issuing new coins that have 10 times the purchasing power, you can still eliminate the windfall to coin hoarders by changing...
I don't not normally do this but +1
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