If it is truely double struck with a measurable rotation, you'll have a keeper. Be sure to check for other evidence such as a ghosted profile and...
Its usually 6 of one and half dozen of the other. I've had better luck with bank rolls than US mint rolls and usually bind better stuff out of US...
Found these two recently in my Kennedy searches: 1977-D DDO-001 FS-101 [IMG] 1973-D DDO-001 FS-101 [IMG] Along with this 1972-D No...
Direct ship rolls, are always from the same location. If your's are different, it will be the first time I've ever heard of it. And, since these...
Since the MM is on the edge, I know of no way to know what they are except to open one of them. Of the $500 I received, all the Denver coins.
Those are taken through the eyepiece of my stereo microscope with a Sony DSC-F717 then cropped with Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
I sent this coin to Mike Diamond at CONECA who returned it with the following: "It does show clear evidence of a close double strike on the...
Exhibit: Half Cents - 1804 - January 1st 2009 - Fish I found this post on "Exhibit: Half Cents - 1804 - January 1st 2009 - Fish" interesting and...
There is a difference between a business strike coin struck on a "proof planchet" vs a business strike planchet struck with "proof dies". For San...
These rolls weren't from the bank as I bought them off of eBay as "cut from blue packs" at a rediculous price! However, since I feel comfortable...
Thanks for your insights Joe but lets get something clear, I've never stated the coin was a doubled die. I said it was doouble struck in the...
Not really a good scan since the surface does not reflect evenly and the scanner is less than forgiving! [IMG] The entire profile: [IMG] An...
Found this one while searching 1971-S Business Strike Rolls! [IMG] [IMG] .. [IMG] [IMG] .. [IMG] Now before you go screaming Machine Doubling,...
I see where you signed up for the PCGS registry! Thank You! Before I can get credit for the referral, you need to start a set with at least a 25%...
I have no idea where these MS65 opinions came from but the coin is an MS67 on a "bad" day at PCGS otherwise, expect your MS68.
The Prototype coin is in an ANACS and as the only one, it wouldn;t really be right to include it in a set anyway. The Basic IKE Set requires 19...
PCGS will recognize any IKE variety thats in the 4th Edition of the Cherry Pickers Guide. This includes: 1971-S Silver PegLeg FS-401 1971-S/S...
Aside from having your set on display (if you choose) PCGS offers free gradings when your set hits the 90% complete mark. They also send out...
PCGS has a new referral program which offers referral points to every new member that is referred by a current member. Given the interest that...
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