The following is merely a personal observation, and don't forget the plural of "anecdote" is not "data." Both major TPG's have tightened their...
Holy Cow. Breathe, Dave....
Why yes, yes it is. :D These abound in the market. They won't pass a glance from someone knowledgeable, but people like that aren't the target...
I'll play. Haven't decided what the splotch at 10:00 on the 1959 is yet; seems like an acid encounter but the rest of the coin is pretty nice and...
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Now print a bunch more, and ask a higher price for the originals as Mint Errors.
Almost certainly intended to deceive, created by a morally-challenged and uninformed yet entrepreneurial spirit.
That reeded-style rim was the norm for 1832. It's O-112, immediately recognizable by the errant "1" base punched to the left of the existing...
I'm as interested in the rim as the MM; looks like a broken collar but both examples manifest it. A perusal of a few others seems to indicate it's...
We call them "Railroad Rims." A little research indicates they're not uncommon with Kennedys, although with a mintage of less than 2 million and...
1806 and 1807 have the highest Populations at PCGS, with the 1806 Pointed 6, Stem type being the single most common variety. These would be the...
You can consider the numbers less reliable at the higher end, and when the next grade up represents a major increase in price. People will crack...
'Tis, at least if you're NGC, and NGC goes a step farther than PCGS by requiring full definition on the verticals as well.
Plenty of reason not to, most of them involving the loss of manual dexterity and the chance of scratching the surfaces. You won't catch me dead...
It simply doesn't get any cooler than this for me, Ana Silverbell. This is an error of very niche appeal, but in that small niche it's pretty...
I could offer the same for late-state, detractive toning. Accidents happen, and you can't blame the Mint for an unfavorable atmospheric sulfur...
Then you were thinking clearly. :) Unfortunately, our hobby is plagued by such things. As subjective as grading and evaluating coins is, it's a...
You gotta work pretty hard in numismatics to come up with something nobody's written about yet. If you do, get to work! :)
I have to disagree with "there's no way." Any decent machinist, with a machinist's dexterity, could do that by hand with a file, much less by...
Definitely die cracks. Added value? No. Added interest? To collectors like me, yes. I'd rather own a cracked-die coin than a pristine one. :)
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