Put me down for MS-65 BN. I had PMed Thad with a guess shortly after he posted the thread and certainly before he had posted the results.
That is NOT damage! It's the planchet and if I am not mistaken, it's what's referred to as a "woody".
fun thread, ben
thanks for the contest Matt! It was fun!
well said
I agree that we can always use a good debate here, Lehigh, what I object to is the manner in which it was brought about. One member coming in...
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keep the CoinSpace drama on CoinSpace!!! We don't need to sift through your crap here! If you have a problem with someone on CoinSpace, take it...
I understood what you said. Given your premise, why would someone want to spend the money (about $50 for two coins) to have them graded?...
truer words were never spoken. You have destroyed any potential value these coins had in the bag by opening it. If you doubt there is any...
now that's odd! but they could be using whatever they have available without regard as to finish
my question is this? If you bought them in a bag and paid a premium for them, what was your original intention for them? as an aside the Mint...
The Federal Reserve Bank only does business with member banks.
The 15-D looks to me to be 64-RB. well in all fairness, it looks like I'd say brown, but the luster is again hard o judge from pics, so my first...
all due respect, Bill, but how do you know for sure? The coin looks like it could be a bag-marked satin quarter. The luster surely seems...
Yes, the Fed orders coin from the US Mint and is the only entity that does so directly. In fact, the coins are technicaly not deemed to be lawful...
I assumed that the 100 coin bag was a Mint bag:...
The Botanic Garden set had a household limit of 5 in 1997. I remember the 99 Silver Proof sets for a specific reason. I could only get two...
The US Mint has placed 100 Satin coins in a bag. It's that simple. They used coins from broken-up Mint Sets, or extra coins made for Mint Sets....
Doug, I am unsure what set you are thinking about, but it wasn't the 1999 Silver proof set. With the 1999 Silver proof set there was a limit of...
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