Sawdust. Is this an 83-O, 84-O, or 85-O? These sorts of marks are quite common on these three dates. There's no metal movement that you would...
Older 7070, I see. Ike dollar port only dated 1971 (or "1971-"), no Bicentennial stuff.
You have the wrong reverse hub type. The Chapman proofs all have the D1 (17 berries) reverse while yours is a D2 (16 berries). Search Heritage...
OK, so I think I'm looking at some sort of pock marks in the field. Some are obvious hits from coins, but there are some that could be leftover...
The awareness ribbon 4 was used in the 15th century, and where coins are dated with Arabic numerals, you see it.
What about new designs of the classics, not just copies? Think Britannia. An 1895 Trade dollar would look perfectly at home next to the modern...
Thanks! Don't feel bad about Unicode. I found myself rather disappointed recently that not only is there no medieval 4 defined, but none of the...
"...A dozen quarters, halves, and dimes, but nothing new that's penny-al A shorter synonym would have been just sestercentennial."
Looks more like F than VG. The VAM 3 doesn't carry a premium over the normal mint mark, as it is the most common variety for the year. There was...
Even before that, Leroy was doing all the catalog updating. There wasn't a lot of this sort of activity between the 2nd (1976) and 3rd (1991)...
Yes, VAM 3. The unfortunate nickname "Capped Die" has absolutely nothing to do with a die cap. I'm not sure where this name came from, but it...
Short nock eliminates 9 die pairs. The r in 'trust' is not broken. This eliminates a lot.
Start with a close-up of the engraved feathers between the eagle's right (viewer's left) wing and leg.
I'm pretty sure many of the ones you can get now are cast rings designed to look like they're coins made into rings.
Looking at the TrueViews, 66 makes sense. The strike on the rear of the wagon isn't as strong as it is on some issues, but seems to be typical...
The quick-release holders were from the "new day at ANACS", where they were supposed to have suddenly become more stingy with grades, so I'll say...
Sounds like you need to publish an article entitled, "No, Your 1964 Half Dollar is not an SMS Issue."
Watch this video. It's 10 years old, but I hear the guy doing the presentation knows what he's talking about.
I agree with the $300-400 assessment. There are a handful of holed 1799 dollars in Heritage's prices realized that back that up.
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