Jump your scanner DPI up to about 2400/4800 then crop the resulting image around the mintmark.
While Alan Hager is a nice guy and a good numismatist, I recall that ACG got drug through the bushes and has fallen from grace with the Numismatic...
Neither scenario your describe addresses circulation and merchants have not incorporated this coin into their daily business transactions. My,...
I order them, inspect them for errors, then turn them in at the bank saving my local merchants the trouble. Anybody............... Please tell...
Use the link for the SAC above and select "Contact Us".
1972 has two SDR dies (Series Doubled Reverse). This means that the doubling occurs across date boundaries. While no premium is associated with...
While I do not think these are the same, your best bet would be to contact Fred directly for his opinion. He does respond to email on his website.
Oh yeah. These have really suffered which is unfortunate. The Washington MEL's have very high numbers but the Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,...
Actually, I believe that these inserts are green.
The PRIMARY difference between PCGS and NGC is that if the coin is NOT the pattern, PCGS will simply slab it as another 2000-P Sac but NGC will at...
Kisses were limited to three second smootches if I recall correctly.
Lets not forget pay phones which have never accepted half dollars. I expect that once the public got "used" to not seeing or using half's that...
I spend my crap half dollars all the time. Especially those I order from the US Mint since, even though I paid a premium to look, it's cheaper to...
A small percentage of the Denver coins were in fact released into circulation.
Given the number of replies for this nearly two day old thread, I don't think it's even a good conversation piece.
I happened across a Proof IKE which had a small bug sealed in it but can't seem to locate it. It was a little tiny thing like perhaps a red spider...
To my untrained eye and the limitations on being able to rotate the coin in hand, it looks like the Cheerios Pattern. What do you mean "hidden...
These sets are packaged by machines which accounts for the commonality of some coin placements.
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Herb, it's time you get a photobucket account so you can post your pictures. Just go to www.photobucket.com and follow the prompts. Posting...
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