In one story it also refers to him having used heroin. I would not recommend making tea with tea brick money. The bricks were usually made with...
Is the I next to the U incuse or raised?
Usually you best luck for key dates is to find a dealer who specializes in a type or series as they tend to have the best selection of key dates...
Makes me glad I collect 18th and 19th century stuff.
I'd say at least $30, possibly more. Now you just need a 30 D to go with it.
I'm still sitting on 6 1/2 bottles of Blue Ribbon, and 2/3rds of a bottle of Care. (Care was the product that was commonly used before it was...
Thanks for the heads up. Picked up one for the reference set before ebay can pull it for showing a grade on an unapproved grading service holder.
vandalism.
Stage A before die clash, stage B after die clash but before die polishing, Stage C after die polishing that removes the leg. Three leg is a die...
Different group mindset, they don't see anything wrong with cleaning because they don't have the coin collector/numismatist mindset of keeping...
Nice coin, he only cleaned $500 to $1K off of it. Maybe someone should let him, and the group, know that.
The reason the SEGS slab came back as non valid could be because a couple years ago SEGS reorganized as an LLC and took the position that that...
So far Eliasberg is the only person as far as I know to have had a complete set of Saint-Gaudens double eagles (Yes he had the 33) The other two...
That clearly is the same company, but a variety I haven't seen, and no I have no further information about the company..
If it is a 1974 P I would say not it isn't, If it is a D there is a very small chance that it could be. Son Francisco sent their rejected proof...
In the op it looks like a seam at the top of the D side just inside the rim. The image is taken at a slight angle so you can't see inside the rim...
It IS the overdate, Key feature is actually on the rev. The 1826/5 (N-8) is the ONLY variety of 1826 that has the point of leaf CENTERED between...
Weight is irrelevant. The weight of the ENTIRE plating would be in the neighborhood of .05 grams which is less than half of the tolerance allowance.
From the size it looked to me like a half shekel not a shekel. He did over pay. And if the insurance company compensated the original owner,...
I think you made a good deal. Don't know about turning it into a pocket piece though.
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