Yes like that, the AM are noticeably closer than the ME, so it is a Close AM.
You may be right, but I've never seen any posts from anyone who has ever said they had a SNAD claim denied
Yawn.
Someone needs to ask the seller a question. "If someone wins this are you going to send them a real one or the fake pictured in the auction?"...
To me it looks like a bad mintmark, the S isn't right. That's not hard, make the claim...You Win. You don't have to prove anything, just make...
The Mint HAS studied the option of replacing the copper plated cent with an aluminum coin. From the 2012 biennial report on the study of...
A coin has been reported as stolen, and it turns out it is still traceable because it is still in its original serial numbered holder, and your...
I'm sure the Mint knows that thereis a lot of pent up demand for the proof Morgan and Peace dollars and they will create them eventually even if...
Ignore the actual distance between the A and M. If the M is equally spaced between the A and E it is a wide AM. If it is noticeably closer to...
It's still almost four years off. Start expecting to see design proposals in about a year and a half to two years from now.
That would probably be Allen Stockton or his son who now runs the business.
If that last image is yours of the coin you bought, it doesn't appear to match the reference photos. I don't see the doubling below the shield...
The Mint didn't plug it. It was holed by someone at 12:00 on the obverse after it left the mint and someone has plugged the hole and recolored...
You might be able to narrow down the issue date if you can match the dies to other dies they may have been muled with, and if those dies are dated...
And I would give the honor to the Fugio cent as it was contracted for and by the government. We did not have a mint yet and so contracted the...
It is most likely plated with nickel. Pure nickel is strongly magnetic, so the small amount of nickel plated on the coin allow it to stick, but...
By law they HAVE to make the commemoratives. They are NOT required to make the Morgan and Peace dollars. So if there is a risk of not being able...
I agree with the attribution. The leaf point being well past the right edge of S2 eliminates everything except N-2 and N-7. On N-2 the point of...
Pam I hate to say it but your 1998 is a Close AM. Some here have said that on the Close AM the A and M are almost touching, but that is NOT...
The 1853 and 53 O half come with arrows and rays and the 53 O without arrows and rays. The with arrows for both is common, At the time of that...
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