I have no concerns about the authenticity of this coin, looks perfectly good to me.
The closed bud small O has been known for some time as well. My guess is that the "new" is a new high grade piece has been cherried. I don't...
I suspect something isn't right. I can't recall ever seeing finning all the way around the coin. Typically it will fin in just one area, where...
Rolled thin, but not dime stock. It is too heavy for that.
You speak of a closed bud, picture an open bud, and provide no link to anywhere where he discusses the new find. No pictures of the new piece...
Nitrogen will work, and if you really want a true inert gas for your strage environment use Argon. Completely inert and readily available at any...
He probably didn't recognize it as a proof set and thought is was just a set of polished coins. After all the picture was lousy. And if it was...
I only looked at a few of the 7, but it looked to me like the opinions he left are accurate. Of course the problems were all visible in the...
Not possible.
Copper nickel clad proof planchets that are rejected as not being up to quality standard are shipped to Denver to be used for making business...
The reverse is also showing moderate flowlining in the field below UNUM and through MERI. You would not see that on proofs.
You can be a Mason and not be a Shriner, but you can't be a Shriner unless you are a Mason.
What is interesting is the authorizing legislation DID call for the use of the 1909 design (The one used on the 2010) to be used on the 2009 cents...
Looks like an in the collar (non-broadstruck) off-center quarter that subsequently got caught in the machinery and damaged.
The later 1798 and all of the 1800 large cent used reverse dies that were created from a complete master hub. But at the time they did not have...
I have heard of halves but not quarters or dollars. In theory it might be possible but I don't think any confirmed pieces have been found.
The designs you see on the coins are the designs as they were when approved. And the Cleveland News may have printed such a story, but if they...
It looks like you have a partial missing clad layer with a strikethrough in the same area. What strikes me as odd is that the missing clad layer...
True, depending on the auction house I have seen 500 lots go in as little as three hours to as long as six hours. I only sat in on on auction...
Isn't that what I said?
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