Scratch on the reverse kills the grade, AU- details. Very old coins may get a little leeway on small scratches, but this scratch has gouged the...
The price guides are saying there are proofs, but they are unconfirmed. What does this mean? I was looking for a mintage number. NGC and Numista...
Are the other designs available for viewing? All I am seeing here are the Washingtons.
An uncirculated coin can have die deterioration doubling if the dies that struck the coin were late stage toward the end of their life and have...
Nice MAD. I would keep it for that, but not much value.
Medulla oblongata?
There are probably ways to bring out the date that would permanently damage the coin. I believe the date on some of these is to the right of the 2...
Junk silver is just an unfortunate term that these coins have acquired in the buying and selling end of silver. It was never a conscious effort to...
As a round figure, you want your coin to be worth at least $200 before having it graded. 90% of the posts asking if a coin should be graded, and...
Nah. If yours is missing the clad on BOTH sides (usually it's just 1), it will weigh very light. A clad quarter weighs 5.67 g. It would be less...
In re Post #21 No offense to this buyer, and he will get his refund as Ebay is supposed to protect buyers from this. But what kind of Ignatz...
Impossible for the 7 to be on top of the 8.
I think the year conversion is 1905. And 1324 makes sense. They prob just didn't make them in 1323, or it would have a listing. Good people here...
You can look at millions of coins and never find an error. (You will find minor ones, like misaligned die strikes.) The point is to familiarize...
I keep the nice copper memorials that have nice luster on them. I know I am not getting rich, but I like looking at them once in a while.
Look at a bunch of coins. Errors are very rare.
Large date is 1 cent. Nice condition. You can always save it in a flip if you like it.
Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them...
I prefer gold to look like gold.
You could probably get a low grade details 09-S VDB for not much more than that. Might as well have a genuine coin.
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