The 1965-70 Kennedy halves are the only 40% silver coins. 40% is 4/9 of 90%, so their bullion value is 4/9 that of the earlier Kennedies -...
Not exactly. If you send a problem coin directly to NGC, you'll get it back in a body bag. If you send it to NCS, you'll get it back in a...
After conservation, NCS will send a no-problem coin to its sister company NGC for slabbing with a grade. If NGC would bodybag it for any reason,...
And not even a very good one, if Krause is to be trusted. The obverse seems to match Y#62 (4.3013g .900 gold, .1244 oz. AGW, $90 Unc in the...
Now those pics make a difference. The "In God" wouldn't show in the missing metal area if the damage occurred post-strike. Since it does...
A quick "filter" for coins dated after they stopped using silver for low denomination circulation coins is just checking the metallic content....
Unless the apparent "out of round" shape is an optical illusion from the camera angle, it's enough to convince me we're looking at post-strike...
"Gem", "choice", and the like are completely subjective terms, whereas MS#s are more or less (mostly less ;) ) standardized designations. When...
Just what do you mean by "official"[img] Since there is no government or agency with the power to enforce its standards setting the rules,...
On another forum someone who reads Chinese says it is "Beijing Antique Coin Appraisal Center", which is just another way of saying "Please prove...
If you're the operations officer of your bank, no problem requesting whatever coins you want, but it's your armored car company, not the fed,...
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Actually, for me that's easier than distinguishing between 63/64, 64/65, etc. IMHO an MS70 is absolutely perfect under 5x magnification -...
Less than 4 hours to go and still below bullion, even with shipping included. Does that answer the question of whether cleaning affects...
[img] to CoinTalk hammerhead. For those of us who are not experts on US coinage, it would be very helpful to show the whole coin as well as the...
[img] to CoinTalk Monkey. I'm pretty sure none of your 20th Century coins are particularly valuable. If you have an 1874 over 1873 overdate...
If a victim of our public and private school systems refuses to accept legal US money, I have no problem with demanding to see the manager. If...
Yes, just as the reviewers said. Indeed they are. Do a forum search (button at the top of the page) on the subject of "cleaning coins" and you'll...
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