For that price I think you did very well. Seems to be a lot of fine scratches in the obv fields.
Maybe, maybe not. There can also be price savings by printing a lot, and a short print run can sometimes cost more than a longer one.
I hope they like having their money tied up then. Smart business man when he finds he has his money fired up in a long term non-producing asset...
Typically DDD is on the side AWAY from the center of the coin. That is true for DDO #1, DDO #2 is much more subtle.
If you hang on to them it because a race to see if they will appreciate faster than their purchasing power declines. My bet would be on the...
Slabbing WAS intended to standardize grading, and the thought was to make coins a safer investment by making them fungible and allow for the...
Planchet striations. They have a worn roller on the rolling mill.
Nope, too common.
Paper envelope, sometimes wrapped in jewelers tissue first.
They are now, but the Franklin Mint's 4 oz 20 balboas were done 50 years ago. There was nothing like them at the time, and pretty much nothing...
It was slabbed to establish the condition, and to hopefully preserve it in that condition. There is NEVER any guarantee that a coin will maintain...
Perfectly legal for a private mint to make coins, if they have a contract with a government to do so. The first US coin, the fugio cent, was made...
They do it for the people who collect coins by label, got to have MORE labels. It's probably been a week since they added a new one. :) Yes...
They felt they needed that. Even though not directly convertible the paper money still had some gold backing. Due to the depression the...
Look where Louisiana is. Half the state is in District 6 supplied by Philadelphia, and half is in District 11 supplied by Denver.
Out of focus but 99.9% chance it is damage.
Silver dollars were big soft heavy silver coins, and the Peace dollar has big flat open areas. Perfect combination for lots of bag marks.
You can with ANACS or ICG. Of course some people think the ONLY grading companies are PCGS and NGC. :)
I think if I was only going to get one I'd probably go with the Heritage book.
And Sumter was fired upon in 1861 after his 1860 campaign and after his inaugural. On the 1870 medal do we know that this was the actual medal...
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