The obverse of the Flying Eagle Cent is the epitome of beauty and simplicity, something forbidden on modern coins thanks to the requirement for...
1933-M One Centavo - Phillipines 1927 Half Penny - England 1912 One Penny - England Not sure what the bi-metallic Mexican coin is.
Step 1 should be to buy a Red Book and educate yourself about a coin before you buy it. That Phillipines peso is in the Red Book. We all make...
Those are not US coins. They are Phillipine coins minted by the US Mint in San Francisco. I would stay away from any coin dealer that uses the...
It depends. If a dealer already has a buyer for a coin or knows he can sell it quickly he may be willing to accept a lower margin than a coin that...
According to Bloomberg: That article a little over a year old so another coin or two could have been sold (although the price probably...
Peace Dollar Liberty. Flapper Girls ROCK!
He said the other coin - the one he is upgrading - is VF-20ish. Not this one. Since he is upgrading that would imply that this coin is a higher...
I agree. I'll go with EF-40.
You might try looking in the yet-to-be-released book Merchant and Privately Countermarked Coins by Gregory G. Brunk. "Great Western Railway...
A good coin shop should have a few elbow lights with 100 watt incandescent bulbs available for customers to use when inspecting a coin. These...
What is 'haymarking'? I am not familiar with that term.
Hard to say from your pics but I would say MS-63 tops. The big ding on the eagle's wing should keep it from 64.
Very interesting notes. It would be cool if you could use von Lettow-Vorbeck's image on that top note for your avatar. Just a suggestion.
That's great. Whatever it takes to get you back here is fine with me. I attended my local coin club's meeting for the first time a couple of...
Having a hard time staying away are you, Jack? Especially when the topic is Lincolns! ;)
Yeah, that completely changes the meaning. Funny how that works.
That should work (as long as the dealer is the high bidder on eBay).
Ribbit. :D
If the metal content of the coins is changed vending machines will most likely have to be modified to recognize and accept the new coins. Not only...
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