A few rules of thumb All S mint business strikes are 40% silver* All 1971 and 72 proof ikes are 40% silver All P and D mint Ikes are copper...
Unless there are color or cleaning problems that I can not judge from the photo I think this is an easy 30 or 35 coin Maybe a net 30 for the...
elsie's coin is definitely a fake. The 4 is much to heavy. I having traced down which obv the used for their model but the reverse is the one...
I agree with S-168 and I see the spurs, but I don't see any of the reverse cracks That would make it have to precede S-148 which has the earliest...
Another way to confirm the S-18 attribution First it is definitely a head of 93 (junction of hair and forehead centered between T & Y) The date...
Agreed, my lowest mintage pieces and extremely rare pieces are no where near being my highest value coins.
An Apothecary, a Druggist, and a Pharmacist are not quite the same thing.
I think the first is a contemporary counterfeit British half penny, but not a Machins. I think the second is just a regular British half penny...
What you are seeing at 5:00 is just the slab insert wrapping over the edge. Common problem with these soft "rubber" inserts. PCGS had a real...
I would disagree, the 1976 quarter was definitely a commemorative, a one year only design that clearly commemorated a specific event combined with...
Wouldn't do them any good, they need small change. That would be like the Fed trying to solve a change shortage in a US community by shipping...
Not sure what my highest value piece is. My lowest mintage is my Warwickshire 312 Conder token with a mintage of 48. It isn't my rarest piece...
Were they insured? If so file a claim with the Post office that HE claims a coin was stolen in transit.
In theory yes the flow lines and resulting luster would probably be present in the zinc as well. But the chemical action that removes the copper...
Exactly what I told him back in Feb 2010 (post #52 and then in more detail Post # 123)
There is a silver clad quarter from the 70's but it is not an error, the 1976-S 40% silver Bicentennials. And they did weigh 5.75 grams +/- .2 grams.
The finest known 1964 accented hair half dollar in a PCGS holder, PF-69 DCAM, is actually not an accented hair. A guy who specializes in them...
There is a way to get up to 125 characters. At least it used to work. You sign in through Taiwan Ebay and then go to feedback. You can't read...
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If you look at the linked ebay auction you will see that the coin is smaller than a normal IHC. Due to the smaller planchet size most of the rim...
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