When you send it in for a regrade they will crack it out before the graders see it, but at the end the new grade is compared to the original grade...
I don't think that is right Doug. If you submit it in the PCGS slab for a regrade and it regrades at a lower level you are entitled to...
Lamination fell away after striking.. If the flake had been missing before strike the edges would not be so sharp and the lettering would be...
I'm not sure but I think the OP may have had his tongue firmly placed in his cheek.
Marshall beat me to the attributions and he is correct on both According to Breen S-30 and 31 share the same obverse (And it is the same obv as...
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Maybe so but I kind of hate to see a coin that has been handed down through the family for four or five generations, maybe more, sold just for...
1805 doesn't appear to be any rarer than the other Draped bust heraldic half dimes (except for 1802 which is WAY rarer.)
Can't really make out much on the reverse but the obv appears to be the one used on S-47, 48, 49, and NC-9. Probably not S-49 as it usually has a...
With a couple of exceptions, 1839.
Well, I've been reading John Hull, the Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage and it appears the Eduard is correct and the oft told story...
And even if you did have that option, THEY get to decide what the FMV was for the "higher grade coin" that you submitted, and they DON'T use their...
Weak argument, half the "coins" in the 100 greatest US coins book are not coins. They are patterns, fantasies, and Pieces de Caprice etc.
Well the two sites you found selling the medal should tell you something. Since they are selling it for $10 it obviously is not silver (Also...
Looks like a dryer coin that was in there long enough to beat down the reeding but not long enough to start seriously broadening the edge. Shows...
Brass, Bronze contains tin in the alloy. Many metals are needed in trace amounts for good health, but all metals are poisonous in larger amounts.
Vending machines may not have been sophisticated but the still wanted nickels of the same size and weight as the old ones. A steel nickel of the...
Yes S-13. There are only two known reverse dies and this is the die used on 13, 14, NC-6, and S-16. The bisecting obv crack is not there so it...
That may be true of the larger denominations, but not of the cent or five cent since they cost more to make than their face value. When they get...
Nice I never knew about the U over U. I always used the last S in STATES. On type 1 it extends halfway up the E while on tyoe 2 it barely...
Separate names with a comma.
