The edge lettering is still a separate operation. The problem with a dropped letter is one the dropped letter would be struck into the coin and...
Too bad it was taken out of the encasement. In that condition it would have been worth a lot more in the encasement. Possibly $80 to $100.
Hope you didn't contact them through the ebay message system. That is against ebay rules and grounds for getting kicked off of ebay.
Director of the mint no longer has that power. The Sec of the Treasury DOES, after a design has been in use for 25 years. He can then change the...
Letter appears to be raised, most likely the result of contact with another coin edge. (Although that should create a REVERSED raised image.)...
Just slightly out of tolerance. Tolerance is .194 grams so yours is about .02 grams heavy.
Sure looks like an 1840-O.
For what you need to establish value look at DMM 609 3.2 evidence of value here we have a. Sales receipt, invoice or bill of sale, or...
Acid soaked for a long lime in a weak acid and it was reverse side down. That is why the reverse is better than the obverse. And yes the detail...
You almost found the part about the rare coins, see my previous post. DMM 609 4.1 g.
What explains it? A lot of companies, specifically the TV coin show people plating state quarters with gold silver and platinum and then selling...
Unless they have changed something just recently collectible coins are specifically COVERED under the USPS insurance They specifically are NOT...
If there is any error there it would be possibly a die chip that joined the tail of the first 9 to the loop above it making it look like an 8.
Die chip, that is all the "name" it needs.
I believe it would be 2017 but Carter and George Bush would have to die by mid 2014 and Clinton, George W Bush and Obama would all have to die...
It is also pictured in Walter Breen's encyclopedia as #4868. The WB book was never reprinted but they have been expanding it. It is now a...
That is true. A coin with a King Farouk pedigree should be examined carefully because many pieces from his collection have a reputation for...
Most Clapp pedigree coins are also Eliasberg pedigreed except for some pieces that Clapp upgraded while he still owned his collection or the large...
True, Eliasberg was not a quality fanatic, completeness was more his goal. The "wonder" coins in his collection were mostly from the Clapp...
The 2008 had a lower mintage, it was the last year for the LMC, it was the last year for the state quarters, it was the last year for the Sac...
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