There was a major coin shortage at the time and production was being ramped up VERY quickly, the ramping up of quality control happened at a...
Probably feed finger damage to the die.
The small size S seen on the 1872 S fake half was not used on seated halves until 1875.
Actually it is, or at least the result of the diffraction of light through a layer of material deposited on the coin through a reaction of the...
No, in 2010 they went back to copper plated zinc on the proofs.
They bill the estate.
To be fair, in the title he did also ask how he could tell if it was an error. The only real way to answer that is "Learn as much as you can...
This is a Conder token cataloged to Middlesex D&H 1050. It is similar to the piece designed by Hancock as a proposal for a contract coinage for...
Haven't decided yet.
The TPG's are not perfect or omnipotent they make mistakes sometimes. If they always got it right and never made a mistake there would be no such...
Thank you for showing the picture of it on a scale, that explains things. The diameter is smaller because the rims have been beaten as other have...
OK, You didn't say it, you were quoting from an article that was giving bad information.
40% silver halves tolerance range is 11.1 to 11.9 grams
Yes. Foldover strikes are bent. Off-center strikes are sometimes bent. Saddle strikes are bent. If you mean a normally struck coin coming from...
1 and 3 agreed, number 2 might be a small strike through. Can't tell if it is raised or incuse.
Yes, it's call a fantasy jewelry piece. The jewelry trade may have a special term for them, but you would have to ask in a jewelry forum. It is...
That particular piece may not be reported to PCGS but the fake has been known for what a year and a half or so. The obv was copied from a known...
That's because it IS a mint error. Not because of its weight, but because it is 40% silver and not the copper Nickel clad it is supposed to be.
I haven't seen Highfill's second edition of his dollar book, but the first edition (1992), while it had some good stuff in it (mostly in chapters...
I do not believe any services used obv/rev grading for slabbed coins, but several services that used photocertificates did, including ACG. ACG...
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