If you define immediately as being about a week. Closely followed by that shotgun, too much chance of hitting others as well. I agree especially...
Answered in your other thread http://www.cointalk.com/t205566/
Your figures and tolerances are off Steel cent had two sets of figures early planchets were 2.68 grams and later ones were 2.75 grams. Both...
Soaked in acid.
No the date was frozen on all coins. It was to deliberately flood the market with the 1964 coins to discurage collecting or hoarding of them.
Die chipped. For some reason this quarter suffered from a lot of die chips on the horses legs.
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That would be true if all of the coins were sent in for grading, but the manufactured coins are not randomly sent in for grading. They are...
They have also put many coins into problem free slabs that they shouldn't have after NCS treatment as well. So do they turn a blind eye to NCS...
Tater, I've PM'ed you Bob's email address and his cell number. You may not be able to reach him this weekend, he's going to be at EAC in Buffalo.
Yes, that's a B-3. Blow up the rev picture and look at the position of the I. It's centered between the A and T.
Plated. Could be silverplated, nickel plated, chrome plated, doesn't matter it is all post mint damage and has no added value above face.
During the 1950's and 1960's there were a LOT of fake US gold coins coming out of the Middle East, especially Lebanon. They coins were typically...
Based on the images. The obv is obv 2 used on B-2 and B-3. Star 13 points into the center mass of the bottom curl. On obv 1 it points at the...
To me it's a 1806 C-4 large high 6 with stems. It has a major rotated reverse and the reverse die is misaligned. It has a stronger than average...
Not a good idea about getting a girlfriend if you already have a wife. Wives tend not to like that kind of thing and they become ex-wives. Often...
Thanks for the images from NGC. In this case it is NGC that got the attribution wrong, the coin is a B-2 which is the variety all the...
Question, when does something become "old"? Answer, when it is not current. 2011 is not the current year so it is "old". Only one year old, but...
Looking at the edge is also not going to give a conclusive answer. A heavier strike will show a thicker edge. What does it weigh?
I answered this question on the PCGS edgeviews somewhere yesterday. Basically the PCGS edgeview was first used back in 2007 but only for the...
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