I believe this is an example of the counterfeit 1795 half dime first identified by INS back in the mid 70's.
Of course Mehl also knew he would not be offered a genuine nickel for $50. PCGS does not know they won't be shown a genuine 64-D dollar.
I saw where you posted this elsewhere and i was going to say that I don't see anything, the obverse looks fine to me. Then I looked at the...
No a die state such as a crack progressing from a small crack to a larger crack to a retained cud to a full cud would all be different die stages...
Yep, lack of detail but no obvious wear instead a roughened surface on the devices, raised blems in the field yet a PL look to the fields. but the...
The variable shipping rate is just a way of having a reserve without having a "Reserve". He will alter the shipping to make sure he gets at least...
Since they are rolled randomly you can get rolls that are HH, HT, TH, and TT so roughly 25% of the rolls you get from the mint should be Head Head...
No, but you'd get hernias carrying boxes of rolls home from the bank.
As I pointed out on another forum where you asked the same question the draped bust is a fake made from what I call the Vampire hub. the...
Appears to be an EDM counterfeit.
The ND(1975) coins are after South Vietnam listed as People's Revolutionary Government KM A8, A9, and A10, and they are a completely different...
Careful there, Doug is actually only a few months older than I am.
It is a 94, and probably one of the early ones S-21 - 44, head style and the shadow of where the LIBERTY is tells me that but I doubt I could...
Except that most silver production is actually a byproduct of copper mining. In order to increase silver production by 50% copper production...
Those two were trial strikes struck in Philadelphia before the dies were shipped, they were documented in Roger's research and were never in...
I agree with the attribution and I can give you something a lot more solid than the die chip. Right branch ends in double leaf and the gap...
It is a coin, Chinese empire, 10 cash 1909 part of the Y20 series looks like Y20. There is no provincial mint indication in the center of the...
It quite possibly wasn't even the result of any complaints. This was the era of yellow journalism. If you need a story and don't have one,...
From what I see in the AZ bill yes it would be exempt as far as state taxes go. Federal taxes are another matter. Different government different...
Yes this drop isn't anything like 1980, that was something to see. On Jan 21st silver hit $50 an oz and gold hit $850. Three days later Silver...
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