Just because they were no longer legal tender doesn't mean they no longer circulated. Every so often for years afterward the government would...
Where does the "made in the US" have to do with this story? I don't see anything about fakes made here. Sent here, but not made here.
This is a collector with too many coins, built the foundation of his house out of slabs. :) Actually I believe it sold for a little BELOW melt.
After Global stopped grading they continued for awhile encapsulating coins and some other things for promotional purposes. Some marketer would...
Agreed not a clash. This is called "ghosting".
Weight may not tell you much. The tolerance range for half dollars is wide enough that there is a significant overlap in weights between the...
The real question is how much market is there for missing edge dollars? If you can find someone who is trying to collect a plain edge of each...
The coin on the right is just not as well struck up. The rims are actually the highest part of the coin and are the last things to "fill". As...
In half dollars the most common are the 75, 76, and 77 CC.
Will this do? I'll keep looking and see if I can find a larger image. [img] These are the images from ANS [img][img]
His fakes also come "well circulated" from accelerated wear.
The 20 dollar coin is a complete fantasy. The only 20 dollar coin the CSA ever struck were 1861-O double eagles using USA dies. The cent may be...
The guy who was running that "mint" pictured on about.com did do the coin in question. It is is copy of S-2. I mentioned this in the thread she...
Picture quality isn't good enough to truly be definite but to me it looks like a possible cud. I don't see any damage to the rim.
A mistake that Detecto is making is he seems to be under the impression that the wealthy are TAKING the money from the poor. In has examples he...
I'd say you only missed one thing Doug, and that is that you didn't allow for time value of money into that as well as a factor that keeps a...
Probably not. Possibly you missed them because they are not strongly impressed, or the are worn away, or you may have a counterfeit.
Image of the coin in the 2X2 is not good enough to tell for sure but I don't think it is. I would say compare the rims but since the Known proof...
I still can't see the E on the online image so I pulled out my printed copy of the catalog and in it I do believe I see the E close to the links....
ccording to Overton third edition Page 672 the |||FIFTY|||CENTS|||OR|||HALF|||A|||DOLLAR||| edge began in 1830 and runs through the end of the...
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