I'm thinking the half eagle would sell for considerably more than melt.
Me too! ;)
Didn't you read the title of the auction? It's a "Colo Shine", a well known descriptive term which has been in use for years among the numismatic...
The picture in the auction is not necessarily the coin you get. Description states "partial date or no date"; I think the price is a tad high for...
I'd be very leary of buying uncertified Morgan's (especially CC's) from anyone on Craigslist. There are just too many fakes out there. No buyer...
I think I've read many times on this forum to avoid buying coins at flea markets (maybe the advice would have been different in 1969). Even back...
You would think for such an expensive coin, he could at least get some decent photos.
As I stated above, I believe that's a mistake in formatting the auction page. Of course, if it's fake, he could have many more than ten.
And don't try to. Some questions are best left unanswered.
I'll defer posting an intelligent reply (at this time) to your nonsensical remarks. However, I'm sure one of the more experienced members will...
This coin was (and is) heavily counterfeited. It appears to be a copper restrike (from the early 1860's), but is more than likely fake. It doesn't...
The Lincoln cent is an off center strike, relatively common and worth a couple of dollars. If the date was showing, it would be worth more....
I believe the details slab are somewhat older... the newer one with the 94 code is altered surfaces (which means the same to me as "cleaning"),...
Yep... dryers do strange things to coins: [IMG]
Possibly. Rest assured it is.
Here's two in about the same condition as yours:...
Well, according to the link I posted, there are eleven: "To date, only eleven confirmed Sacagawea Dollar/Quarter Dollar mules have been found and...
Here ya go, Lon: http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page21a.html
I hear ya!
Maybe this is the one... plenty of creases, lol....
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