The problem is that this is NOT what is happening. The strictly bullion discussions (which DO have merit) are invading the coin area and I can't...
I think (IIRC) that I used 365.25, but either way that number has significant error when multiplied by millions of years! I apologize for...
picked up 2 boxes today, will have results sometime tomorrow.
yes, it is likely cleaned, but it doesn't affect the value of this coin much at all. This coin's value is pretty close to it's intrinsic value...
hmmm, really? I read it out loud to my daughter and it took about 4 minutes (4:07 to be exact). If you've heard it a trillion times then that...
assuming the color and weight are right (a big assumption) then it is a pretty good fake, the date excepted. The design details are pretty close...
Regardless of where you work or worked there was a hoard of 10 1933 DE's confiscated in the past year, so I don't understand how you can be so...
It sounds like it is already contaminated. I find it very humorous that they didn't anticipate this, since it is a routine problem with online...
A 140 degree rotation is relatively uncommon on a Barber, but it is much more common than it would be on a modern coin. Nice find, now you need...
I don't know, is that some kind of surface damageon the bottom of the breast drapery, below the clasp, and above star 8? If so, it looks like it...
VAM is an acronym made from the initials of the 2 authors who wrote the definitive work on Morgan die varieties, Leroy Van Allen and George...
Doug, that is a serious limitation for you, but for the OP'er with only 35 posts, the past 500 posts will suffice ;) lol
or a link to the article. I collect Lincolns and I've never heard of what you speak about. I even checked my 42's and I don't see any...
huh? I don't understand the question.
BIE cents are coins where there is a die cud between the B and the E of LIBERTY. The effect is a coin that looks like there is an I inbetween the...
Ryan, Your run of luck has been AMAZING! And with the higher price of silver recently it is all the more better. Congrats on the finds!
Row one, Left to right: $1 gold piece, $2.50 Liberty quarter eagle, $3 gold piece, $5 Liberty half eagle, $10 Liberty eagle, and $20 Liberty...
If you don't care to do a good deal of research to evaluate and catalog the collection then the easiest way is to post the nearest big city to you...
Hundreds of thousands may be in smb's range though, since he is doing a 1796 set in XF/AU and already has the half, which is a $75k-$100k coin and...
I agree, spend it.
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