Seriously...I've seen coins that I know that have suffered flood damage/moisture damage with a similar look.
Hurricane Katrina?
They need to revalue their currency, stat.
tmoneyeagles...you're quite the proofreader this evening.
No. The only possible benefit would be some catastrophe where the silver proof sets will never be issued, and I can't imagine that.
Seriously? Integrigy? That's got to be a joke. I've been aware of the counterfeit slabs for awhile now, but those are some pretty egregious...
It's really hard to say. If I had to take a best guess, I'd say it's been baked.
Thanks for all the support! I hope to see some of my local friends there. Tdec: I'm a conservative grader, and I try to sell close to greysheet...
Hi, all. For those of you who are in the Detroit area, I'll be setting up at the Northwest Detroit Coin Club spring show, this Sunday (March 29th)...
Are you suggesting that the government is hoarding copper? You can still find plenty of 40% silver halves in boxes (in spite of what others on...
Statistically speaking, we're still okay. It's reasonable that you found three 1943-P nickels out of four total. Other than randomness, and...
By the way, congratulations! I'm glad that's not one I sold you.
eBay members can get direct submission to NGC. So can ANA members.
Coin#1: None, because of the nasty gash running perpendicular to the steps. Coin#2: 5 steps. Clearly blending at the bottom. Coin#3: 6 steps, with...
THEWHIZZER! LOLZ... OP: Did you expect satisfactory results from any of those methods? I appreciate your scientific approach, not to mention...
Now that they've sold a bunch at high premiums, they can afford to sit back and wait. They'll probably release the circulation ones now... By...
Fantastic article. Really nice work.
"Nevertheless, if I could hear some of the pros and cons, so to speak, and/or some of the issues." What? I don't understand your question.
Yes, those are the steps that are being referred to when someone says "full steps" or FS. It looks to me, though, by the reverse design of that...
I also saw a very impressive depression on a proof Eisenhower dollar, likely caused by foreign material being on the die. This was on eBay about...
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