I would add, soda pop is also a no-no. I've seen what it can do to copper on circuit boards.
If it was a first strike it would be slabbed by NGC or PCGS. I believe all of them were but I might be mistaken.
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PCGS says $100,000
PCGS doesn't have an image of this coin available. This has a pop of 1 and there are only 2 with a higher grade. I don't like the looks of this...
Sports apparel is HUGE, too. Don't buy ANYTHING that hasn't been licensed by the appropriate league and doesn't carry the correct licensing tags....
Tesla coil demonstration, maybe?
Please don't give the BEP any ideas. The Mint has killed the goose that laid the golden egg as it is with all the stuff they've issued ad...
Looks like another person for the "iggie" list.
Bitcoin is a fiat currency just like paper money is. No backing. It's all sheer speculation. Avoid it like the plague unless you want to...
I guess they only want the big boys buying from them, not us small time collectors on a budget. Plus with their high premiums on top of it, I...
"She was bred in old Kentucky, but she's just a crumb up here..."
The enhanced hair variety exists only as a proof.
Look at the lettering on "In God We Trust" on all four. Poor job.
Nice find! Many of them were melted! They're scarcer than the mint records say, for that reason.
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
In Coins Magazine, there is a note in the listings for 1882 and 1883 Shield nickels: "Many exist with excess metal at numeral 2 & 3, these should...
I don't think so. The "ONE" was struck on top of whatever it is because the letters can still be seen. I'm thinking struck through debris.
I notice that Provident Metals now has a $299 MINIMUM order. I probably won't be doing business with them again.
Pretty normal on cents from the 20s
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