The question would be where were the Philippines planchets made? Philadelphia? Denver? or an outside supplier? And if from an outside supplier...
I would not be surprised to see it bring less, possibly significantly less than what an undamaged Huge O would sell for. Something like this is...
1851 was the highest mintage year. As mentioned most of those later years were only in the 2 - 6 million range. 1857 was only 333,000. And The...
Neither are TPG grades, they are also just subjective interpretations. All grading is subjective. And all written grading "standards" are simply...
You assume I didn't expect the outcome that occurred. I did because there was never any doubt that the Norfeds are in violation of US Code Title...
The only plated coins likely to retain their value are coins that were ISSUED by their mint that way. Say a 1995 DDO copper PLATED zinc cent, or...
I think you would be doing a lot better to just use the $2600 to but some nice Lincolns for your book and forget this deal. What I see is a...
They've been showing Tarnex commercials with them dipping a coin half way in it and claiming that "coin collectors will love it too" for at least...
Shadows still seem to say the marks are incuse, even in the later pictures. For example in the last picture, the right hand side of the letters,...
This was a nice scam back in 1999. When the proof sets first came out there were a bunch of reports of "error" set missing one quarter and having...
Amazing the SS and the government consider the Liberty dollars counterfeit and even argued in court that they looked so much like US coins that...
As mentioned Compugrade did it, and so did PCGS. It was called the Expert System. It used computers to scan the coin and create a "digital...
Nope, You're about 7 and a half years older than me. But I get a bit older this week.
Actually two catalogs (Eklund), one for West Virginia, and one for everywhere else. I'm lucky enough to have both of them. One of these days...
It definitely looks like a Bashlow restrike, and they called it a second restrike which was what the Bashlows were. I think there is a very...
It can't be an upside down 9. The dates on these coins was punched into the dies using a one piece four digit logotype punch. In order to have...
If the other side is the same it could be an uncentered broadstrike at best, not an off-center. To be an off center part of the design has to be...
The streaking from improper alloy mix and planchet striations are two different but related things. The streaking is caused by the areas of...
The one in front of Lincolns face might be legit, but I would say the one below ONE CENT is not. Important word missing, "usually", should be...
Hey Doug I thought you were old. Am I the only one who remembers the teletype network? If you want a coin and you couldn't find it at the local...
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