I certainly wish you good luck with your investment, however I must point out that the 1995W SAE is not a variety, so your comparison is not...
Thank you for answering my questions, and your response puts to rest some of the concern I had. Take care...Mike
Congrats on the NEWP. Looks like a neat coin, and I love these early bust coins!!! Please excuse the tangent, but this issue has been...
There are a number of ways to lighten copper, most entailing a dip of some type (although whizzing also will make a coin red again). However, the...
A few other one year types off the top of my head: 1) Satin Finish Proof Buffalo Nickel (1936) 2) No Cents Liberty Nickel (1883) 3) Chain...
These coins were commonly saved, so it is not unusual to find clean examples, but usually they have a "skin". Hard to describe but easy to spot...
I grade the coin VF 30 Nice coin! Bust quarters are cool, and 1000% tougher than their larger cousins...Mike
It could very well be the photos, but the coin looks too "white" to be 120 year old copper nickel. There also seem to be hairlines on both sides....
My grade: AU details, cleaned, net XF. Would probably slab at a TPG though...Mike
Sets I'm actively completing: Complete US Type Set Large Cents by date and redbook variety Everything else is on the back burner...Mike
If you wish to limit the toning that a Dansco causes, they have "Intercept-like" covers that will help. Additionally, you can put the album and...
Combination of an extremely worn die and post-mint damage, methinks...Mike
Great set & very, very nice SLQ. Not common to see those coins that nice. Thanks for sharing.
The answer to your question can be stated in one word -- DEMAND. To wit, how many mercury dime collectors are there versus half dime...
PCI: AU 55 Me: XF 45 Looks like a nice coin -- the eye-appeal looks very nice. However, given the high number of cleaned coins in this...
Send that fingerprinted sucker back. Don't take chances it will get messed up in rinsing/cleaning and/or the print won't come off.
Neat!
It is worth noting that with recent legislation it is illegal to melt our coinage for its metals...Lead
The color yellow is not unusual for buffalos. That said, my sense is the color is natural, and the photo has been enhanced. Regardless, the coin...
This is simply silly for several reasons: #1 Good luck finding any desireable coin on eBay for even close to ask much less bid. #2 Same as #1...
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