The Bowers Book and the ANA manual both cover the same ground - you really don't need to buy both of them. I think the Bowers book has better...
I don't see anything immediately alarming about this coin, but Indian $2.50s are the most commonly counterfeited series ever made. See here for...
I use the term "harshly cleaned" whenever the surfaces have been seriously disturbed by the cleaning. That could be hairlines from steel wool,...
Yes, that coin should have luster just like any other struck coin. It has 3 things going against it, however: It has been circulated. It has...
Thanks for the advice! I once considered collecting all of the French colonies, as you mention Algeria and Tunisia, but I've decided to focus on...
That's a pretty sweet collection! How rare or hard to find are these, especially in high quality like you have? Are there any real...
Yes, with that much stretching, I would certainly have expected some serious plating splits. And, that bowl is deep! Seriously cool error.
Not much of the obverse left on that one. Very cool!
It is really cool that the laminating piece here is still attached. These are the best kinds of lamination errors.
There are clearly at least 3. What I'm trying to figure out is if the 4th one is another clip, or if that is some serious bit of Blakesly given...
It would create strikethrough errors, yes, but their appearance would be different. They would be easily identified by the weight. A lamination...
Wow, that is a fantastic DDO. Extremely wide separation. On a US coin, that would be front page numismatic news. And, cool story about your...
So, I'm a coin guy and I usually stick to the coins. I'm currently working on a set of the coins from Morocco, focusing on the French occupation...
Well, let's take another view of this topic: CoinWeek did an analysis of a PR-70DCAM Lincoln, showed its population and price history, and...
So, are you thinking this is a strike through, or do you think it is post mint damage? I'm confused by your original post.
Yes, that's a die crack. They are incredibly common. Do you have a question? What do you want to know about this coin?
Show us a straight on, centered, focused view of the obverse.
This statement made me laugh.
Sometimes the stars align, and the pictures are easy to take. That usually isn't the case, but this morning the camera, the lights, the coins......
A couple of the sets were broken up, and if you read the Heritage auction above a couple of the sets are untraced presently. It is highly unlikely...
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