Shady characters yes, unethical true, crooks no. They can't be crooks because they aren't doing anything illegal.
The 1816 Is a N-9 R-3. The 17 is N-8 R-2, early stage before the "mouse" on top of the head starts forming.
Unlikely to have a grease fill in a shallow detail area like that. A shallow area in the design is a HIGH spot in the design in the die. Grease...
The $50 gold slugs from the California gold rush era were 85.49 grams about 2.75 troy oz. There were other large older world coins but I can't...
I'm not sure but I believe that image is of them moving the old No 1 press from the CC Mint. I don't know if this was them moving out of Carson...
I like these too. I've been slowly building a date set, not going to get into the mint mark varieties, I've currently got 19 or 20 of them....
Well a cent could get fed in between a pair of Ike dollar dies in a dollar collar theoretically on its own. An Ike struck with cent die on the...
1875 As for the 1 in the date, a die chip would cause a larger raised lump, so it is either a grease fill or post strike damage. The area of the...
Early stage struck through capped die. The obv die was capped. When a coin sticks to the hammer die the first few coins struck afterward will be...
Interesting listing of the ANACS generations. Haven't checked it out completely but I can say there are two additional sub varieties in the...
I think possibly a combination of damage and a foreign substance stuck to the coin. The fact they are raised areas IN THE FIELD, should tell you...
But for some people it may be difficult or impossible to answer when they aren't there.
The 1820 is the large overdate, N-1. There were three different overdates that year. The N-1 is the most common, but it is also the most visibly...
Not sure but it kind of looks like a partially detached rim fin.
Not too many of those folks still around. About the youngest you could be and still have served during WWII is 95 years old. My father was 16...
It was obviously a good way to make sure that the crew never again went out of their way to try and increase their production rates.
Since the coinage act of 1965 all US coins, whenever made or whatever composition, have had full unlimited legal tender status.
Not so fast, you can them to give you $2 face in silver them for each pack, why give them the carton? :)
capthank, your gold Liberty head is perfectly legal as it is marked, Moe Wilders bringing in several hundred fake Hong Kong 20 cent pieces was...
What make you think your dealer can tell a 65 from a 66 from a 66+ from a 67? His grading ability may be no better than yours unless he has some...
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