A reporter went undercover and took several coins to a travelling coin buyer set up at a local motel. The travelling coin buyer - International...
You answered your own question. If parts have been worn away then by definition it must be PMD. An error occurs before or at the time a coin is...
You can have the coin reholdered for a nominal fee.
Super cool. Those are nearly impossible to find since about 2004.
That's cool. I only have one or two myself.
Collector's Universe owns PCGS.
Nice find. There is a companion piece somewhere with a corresponding counterbrockage.
The coin in question did not appear to be a Proof example.
Somehow I don't think this thread is long for the world.
Thanks. I had to have something for the holidays and that one won out. I have no idea what I will use next. Wait and see.
BU usually applies to lower grade MS coins, MS-60 to MS-62 (and sometimes MS-63). Higher grade coins would be Choice BU and Select BU.
The coin is almost certainly a fake. I am not an expert on Pattern pieces by any stretch of the imagination but I have not been able to locate...
The obverse appeared on a pattern or two. I'm not sure about the reverse. I do know this pattern (patterns?) is/are heavily counterfeited by the...
San Francisco minted only Proof Quarters in 1982 so it is highly, highly unlikely your coin was struck by a D/S die.
You must understand the coin-making process first. Cutting to the chase, dies strike coins. Dies have the reverse image of the coin. What is below...
If you expect the price of silver to "come back down" why would you buy silver now (when the price is higher than you expect it to be later)?...
Are you talking about two different coins here, one with coloring (that is not toning) and a 1972 DoubleD Die?
All I see is a circulated coin. What makes you think it is an error?
Exactly. This coin spent some time in a parking lot or street.
How would the Mint add a raised mintmark to a coin after it has been struck?
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