I've paid over greysheet and under greysheet. It's about the grade, certainly, but also about the intangibles - how nice a strike, how even the...
I do love the animated picture - you just need to trot that one out everytime people ask about the cartwheel effect, especially when they follow...
There is a difference between a newish coin in mint plastic that may have developed a slight haze from chemicals in the minting process, and a 100...
OK, make that THREE vice jobs.
It went for $385. I guess it's just the usual over exposed photo from that seller.
Just to keep my head from blowing up, you mean 1 **8** 35 and 1 **8** 31 not 1 **9** 3x. Because I would think a 1935 Capped Bust would be R10 or...
Yeah, so it means nothing. But it's a fun counterstamp and nicely and evenly punched. So SMILE.
Counterpunch or countermark Google it
Because that was their margin. The coins were selling as jewellery by weight - 22kt. The ones I have were just under 17kt. So a mix of 14kt and...
Take your time. Walk around and see who is selling the same type of material. Get a couple offers. Especially if you are looking at less common...
Be aware that they are very, very commonly counterfeit and have been for a long time for the jewelry trade. I have two that were bought on 47th...
Barber dimes were minted from 1892 to 1916. You have a 1910 which has suffered the slings and arrows of actually being used as a dime. Which was...
Probably still a reholder messy, just no leading zero. It would be interesting to crowd source this, but we would need to base it on primary...
You can do it roughly by the #s. PCGS seems to be sequential. NGS uses blocks of numbers for different sources - paper forms, internet fillable...
A clad quarter weighs 5.67g - https://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/index583f.html?action=coin_specifications Even if the copper layer is...
Don't forget the one of a kind label with the green box and the unique green ring. I doubt very highly that HSN did anything beyond order a...
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