The coin is almost certainly plated. The TV shows sell lots of these and the coin shops will have no use for them. They get plated in gold,...
I suspect this is an especially bad problem for the mint sets since there are so many inferior coins in them. About two out of three mint sets...
Thank you. I've owned several of these for years and always wondered what they were. It sounds like it's almost a transportation token.
Nickel could be in a long term uptrend. I've been recommending it for speculation since it was at $6 last year. It's much riskier at current...
Philosophically I prefer the split grade because it conveys the condition of the coin. Practically it will usually sell for the condition of...
There is a mule called a map error. It's worth a large premium. Otherwise it is difficult to get a lot of premium for this set. The...
Hmm.. All of the 40% silver Ikes made for collectors were run off on proof or mint set presses at low speed and higher pressure except for the...
Great find. This is probably a legit and rare coin. The mint is a factory and planchets simply get lost in the machinery. There are some of...
I can't help much except to speculate that the incidence in mint sets implies a mintage under about 25,000. This die was most probably then...
Look for any of the early clads in high grades and with a nice strong strike. Many of these are getting about impossible over Fine condition...
Without the other coins these must be the souvenir minrt sets. These do sometimes include the near date coin. There have also reportedly been...
I'm afraid of the silica gel. I saw a bottle full of gem Ikes in the mint set wrappers sealed with one of these packets go horribly bad....
OK, here's something that might be new to you and everyone seems to have forgotten. There was an open competition for designs. The first...
There are a lot of questions here and the answers can be complicated and interwoven. I'll try to provide a general overview of the mint state...
Most of these later date coins have to be unc to have much value. A few of those could have significant value though.
It's low on the neck and points at the 6 in 1776.
Now what we need to do is find a mule with a type I obverse and type II reverse. This is a very common occurance on the other circulating coins...
Nothing's ever simple. ;) There's also an obverse difference. There are slightly different shapes to some of the letters but the biggest is...
There's a great thread on the subject over at the NGC forums. The mint made souvenir sets beginning in 1971 or'72. These were sealed packages...
Great article. There are only a couple minor errors which is exceptionally good for any newspaper story. It was well researched and there were a...
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