Screenshots of photos are useless - there's at least two passes of sampling. Since you have the photo on the device to show it and take the...
Once it's cracked out, it's raw. So it would cost the normal amount. There is also no guarantee it would grade the same.
Supposedly hand poured bars are harder to fake...
Flynn and Zack list 1851-TCS-1/A (obverse die 1, reverse A) German Silver 1853-TCS-1/A Silvered Brass 1859-TCS-1/A Silver (0.89g, so must be...
Dave, give the poor guy some credit. The mint's die makers have good light, reducing lathes, straight edges, clean smooth plaster, an annealing...
Enjoy! [ATTACH] Note the typical pick up points - the lines of the star aren't exactly 72 degree corners. The crude reverse (especially the orbs...
I don't know that they are all that valuable. There's just not a lot of information or collectors out there. Flynn & Zack's book only listed a...
Flynn & Zack recount the story of a counterfeiting ring broken up in New York City in 1885. They were counterfeiting 1c 3c and 'dimes' out of...
Actually, I've met several honest dealers. One I remember had a 3CS that he bought in an ICG slab AU55. He cracked it out because he couldn't sell...
Yes, I own a copy, didn't think to check it (yet :inpain:)
Which reference, sir? I confess to not checking F&Z, which I should have done as soon as it was in hand, but ...
On genuine pieces the lines of the star outline are perfectly straight and meet properly. Also the star never extends into the lettering....
[ATTACH] weight is 0.704g Do you think acetone will help? :cat: I'll give a like to the 1st non-snarky answer
Rick Snow just sent out an email on this "The mystery of Misplaced Digits in the Indian Cent series".
The 1919 Mercury Dime DDO was discovered in 2015......
s/mechanism/neck/g Look at the photo just below the midpoint of the neck is something sticking out like a thorn. On a mint state coin it's clear...
Look at the photo just below the midpoint of the mechanism is something sticking out like a thorn. On a mint state coin it's clear it's a date...
What is interesting about the 'scratch' is that it appears to be two parallel lines with a small bit of orignal surface between them and it goes...
Isn't that the fun part of numismatics? You start researching something simple and poof you are off looking at 1890s patent filings.
At the time, master dies were used with the design, but the year was hand punched into the working dies (later on it would be punched into the...
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