Mr Big, Some coin collectors may be nerds but most of us are Average Joes who happen to like to collect coins. The more you get into the hobby...
Welcome to CoinTalk, Mr Big. Kennedy Half Dollars were minted from 1964 to present. Your 1953 and other Half Dollars dated before 1964 are not...
Teachers are not always right. But when you are in school teachers are bigger and older than the students and are usually their knowledge is not...
Inanimate objects certainly are capable of possessing things. A car has wheels. It is perfectly fine to say, "That car's wheels don't match."...
1913 Liberty Nickel - $50,000. I'll take 5, please.
What percentage do you think it should be? And how did you arrive at that figure? Would your figure be for unsearched rolls or rolls of coins...
What would be the motivation for a top-tier TPG to purposely misgrade coins?
Let's go with Maple Leafs then because Maple Leafs would be the plural form of Maple Leaf and Maple Leaf's is the possessive form of Maple Leaf....
Looks like you made great improvements with each coin.
Post-Mint damage. Something hit the raised numeral and damaged it. What's with the silverish color of the coin outside the date area?
I was out in the yard. At first glance I don't see anything about this coin that jumps out at me. I do wonder why, if it is as nice as the...
Burned?? Looks like irredescent toning to me.
Don't forget that a coin is not a flat slug. It has depressions that are lower than the rim so the volume of a coin will naturally be less than...
Is it 'Maple Leafs' or 'Maple Leaves'? (I'm talking bullion coins here, not hockey.) One of the perils a coin dealer faces is buying counterfeit...
Just as I suspected. That's still a very cool find.
Are you sure the two photos are of the same coin? The obverse appears to be copper-nickel (like a normal quarter) and the reverse appears to be...
Welcome to CoinTalk. I'm not sure what you mean by a "dollar eagle". Please post some photos of the coin if you can.
You're right - it's a fake.
I can't tell what's going on from the blurry pics but it most certainly is not a Matte Proof.
For clarification's sake, all Ikes are clad. Some are copper-nickel (aka cupro-nickel) clad with a 100% copper core. Others are 40% silver and...
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