Large motto no doubt. Look at the outer leaf below GOD. On the large motto it is thin and follows the curve of the leaf below it. In the small...
After they conserved it, there was evidence of a prior cleaning (from before they got it) so they labeled it details cleaned. A service was...
Is that second one Hallmark Coin Grading Service?
If you want glow in the dark shiny silver then you should be looking at some of the Canadian Dinosaur coins. :)
I wouldn't count on the grade being correct on a sample slab.
Mintage of 1,700 for the 84, 1,000 for the 85. The 84 is the only one I need for my business strike (not MS) set.
The reason so many nicer later wheats are available can probably be traced to the pennyboards, the increase in coin collecting in the 30's, and...
Which is a good indication of a plating, nickel or nickel with some other metal over it. You can make an alloy of mercury and tin that has the...
Probably to symbolize the innovation dollar series. Fits in with the gears shown on the 2018 dollar design.
Actually a lot easier to build it in Proof. The coins are much more available.
It happened occasionally. In fact the 1870 gold dollar dies originally sent to San Francisco also lacked the mintmark. And I believe it was the...
Privy, meaning to have knowledge of. A privy mark would be a mark or symbol that would convey knowledge of a certain event/person/place etc....
That's what I'm afraid of. Then they will come here asking if they should send it in for grading. :)
I checked his profile as well and it lets me send him emails.
The MS on that label may not indicate that it is Mint State. Back in the days of body bags (I don't know if this still hold true) when coins...
Make that JUMPS to a magnet. A nickel plating will make it STICK to a magnet, but it won't jump to it and it will fall off easily.
Yes. They sell or have sold all kinds of "collectibles" at inflated prices for years. Back when I was young one of their big things was "limited...
We could possibly give you better advice if you posted a picture of your coin and not someone else's. But as a general rule, no you aren't going...
Or they may say nothing about it. I strongly suspect planchet striation lines. And they do appear on the lettering as well, at least on some of...
I did think of another test, the tissue test would probably be able to tell if it was a rolled thin silver or a Philippines 10 centavo planchet.
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