I don't think it has been altered, I think it is just "light edge lettering". One thing I do find interesting are the measurement pictures. As...
Higher overhead costs on Coin Vault.
Except the discontinuance of the dollar coins didn't cause a $400M increase in the number of dollar bills produced. So you have roughly the same...
I don't know if Silvertowne owned Coin Vault in the 90's or not. All I know is they do now.
Ebay should guarantee that you win whatever you bid on without having to raise your bid? If you are interested, bid the maximum amount you are...
That's my comment. The complaints started in 2011 when a news story revealed that the Fed had more the on billion of the dollar coins in storage...
I know the gentleman who runs Variety Slabbing Service. He is a VAM specialist. You will note that he doesn't grade the coin but he does...
If you see something on Coin Vault that looks interesting you should find it listed by Silvertowne and usually if not always cheaper. The reason...
For valuing the coins, no. But for all the information about types, mintages, how they are made etc, YES.
Of course they will whine. In every country where they introduced a coin and eliminated the paper note the people whined for awhile then accepted...
No good reason, but there are a lot of people willing to pay a premium for no good reason.
I use a hammer for putting coins in that type of folder as well. I just put the coin in the hole, then putt a couple sheets of paper over the...
One of the quickest things to look at is the spike by the right edge of the E in LIBERTY. If the spike just comes up to the top edge of the...
I think it is because most collectors pay more attention to the obverses. They are studied more while the reverses are often just given a cursory...
If it was a modern coin we would be calling it a dryer coin, a coin that gets caught in the fins of a commercial dryer and from the hundreds of...
Of course they won't. If they paid retail there would be no room in the coin for them to make a profit.
I think you will find that his "420 grains 900 fine" comment was made because that is what the coin says on it. Yep definitely sounds like a box...
Several reasons. As mentioned the country was in the midst of a major coin shortage and it didn't make much sense to strike 45 million silver...
They stopped making it? When?
Coins do have a tolerance range. The range for the cent is about +/- .1 gram so anything from 2.4 to 2.6 is within tolerance.
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