Did anyone notice the novelty piece has 14 stars.
did you miss the part about the experts declaring them genuine? In that case the bank won't be flushing them out.
Doug the PCGS Photograde that Lon linked is not the James Ruddy Photograde that only covered circulated coins. It does cover MS coins. But I...
They probably have no choice. They have regulations they have to follow for pricing that depend on the average price of the metal. When the...
Two defenses, learn as much about the coins you collect as possible. Learn how to grade them, and learn as much as possible about counterfeit...
75%copper25%nickel should not attract to a magnet. Is it magnetic all over or just in one area?
The old mint is kind of open. They are still doing some work and the planned museum is still in the future, but they do rent out the building for...
Oh? You think SGS is a better service? :)
YES and I'm glad he seems to be gone. Although his brethren are way too common.
Which way did you flip it? top to bottom or side to side?
My point was that just because a mintage is low it doesn't automatically mean it will be in high demand and a "desirable" collectible. The demand...
Last month at the Anderson Indiana coin club meeting it was announced that one of the local banks was receiving a lot of fake 20's, 10's, 5's, and...
I wonder if the seller know what he had or if the final price came as a shock?
Did you see what I had to say about how even with these lower mintages they are still well above the actual demand for numismatic purposes? True...
I don't know who else may have come up with it but I adopted that philosophy back in the early 70's. If you are going to flip or speculate you...
I discovered it after receiving it. And basically I had to eat it because I made the mistake of removing the coins from the auction houses...
One small step above SGS.
I think that must be a typo. There have been lifetime figures for the dollar not published for years and they have ranged from as low as 9 months...
I find that in most cases auction estimates tend to be on average about 50% low. Now sometimes you will be able to buy something in the estimate...
I'm not aware of them ever actually striking a five dollar version and I don't think the discussions of whether or not they had the authority...
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