I have been giving this some thought and have benefited from other members, too. I think there is no wear at all. When the coin was struck the...
NGC Coin Explorer says the 1954 Philadelphia cent is "genuinely rare in MS 67 RD". They list a guide price of $24,000. Yet, right under that is...
1953 Proof [ATTACH] 1953 Business strikes [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Philadelphia produced an elegant proof in 1952, but this business strike has deep die scratches under ONE CENT. A coin that is original, yet...
Ooops... I mentioned that the USPS delivered the package my 1915-S was supposed to be in, except it was ripped open and had no coin. I tried...
A good place to get a reference to the ideal coin is at either the PCGS or NGC sites. If you look at PCGS CoinFacts for the 1913 Type 1 Proof, you...
Thanks! I'll try to post some more photos tomorrow. There's still a week's worth of wheat cents at this pace, then it's on to Memorial reverses.
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My process to make this GIF is extremely simple. I make them for two reasons. Luster is very difficult to portray in a static image. If you have...
@Paddy54 , you are welcome to share this thread. The more I can learn about these beautiful coins the more I will enjoy it. I'm glad to hear I'm...
My wife and I are off to breakfast, but I am going to give this some serious thought. I have only 5 Buffaloes, two are graded, and they are both...
Of course! That was an oversight on my part. I should have done that initially. And that coin is just gorgeous. These are rescaled down to...
Production of proof coins was suspended for 1943 through 1949. (What would a proof steel cent be like?) In 1950 they produced 51,386 proof sets....
A few days ago I got an email from GreatCollections. I noticed a listing for a 1913 Type 1 Buffalo nickel. Since I have one that is ungraded, I...
When I posted 1915 and 1915-D, I did not have a 1915-S. That has been acquired. (After the original disappeared from its package in the mail, the...
While there is still some spotting in 1948, the quality does seem a bit better than the previous years right after the end of World War II. NGC...
It seems worth waking up this thread for this special photograph - special to me, at any rate. My mother's birthday is coming up in a few weeks,...
The lack of detail in AMER on the reverse of the first 1947-S matches up well with the display example at NGC Coin Explorer, as typical for this...
The NGC Coin Explorer website comments that spotting and marks are common throughout the 1940's. I suppose better examples could be found. With a...
Even though each of these is full red, there are still variations between the mints as to exactly what shade of red they are. [ATTACH][ATTACH]...
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