Don't count on that. Most dealers don't have a clue about errors and will identify a lot of PMD as errors.
Don't get mad at the mint. The reason for that flat relief is the same problem. The falling value of the dollar means the coins are worth less...
Appears to be a plated cast copy. Looks like the casting port might have been above the V by the corner of the crown. The edges are irregular...
Considering I really have no interest in them, $100.
Broadstrikes are not always centered properly, but as long as there is no design missing they are broadstrikes and not off-center. Off-centers...
Well you see we used to be literate and most Americans could read. But that is changing and that is why the dollar coin DOES have a numeral on...
Read it again. He has TWO 2008W with rev of 2007, one 69 one 70.
Off center. Not by much, but it is an off center. I also suspect the collar was jammed down as well.
Well considering you went back 100 years and it is 1912 you missed out on the 73-S. And he never said anything about coming back. I interpreted...
I was going to say that once you tried to put all that and the information into that box you were going to find it way overcrowded. Then I looked...
That's incorrect. That mound is the result of the deteriorating die.
I think nickel is a definite possibility. Try 1827, but the process was expensive. Better processes existed by 1846. Pattern coins began in...
Makes me wonder "what was the designers name?" If it started with N it would be an interesting way to work his initial into the design.
The only thing I am seeing appears to be some die chipping.
This may be one of the current circulating counterfeits as well. (Latest reports are that about one out of every 36 coins in circulation is a fake.)
What's scarier is that even with no bail warrants, they are back out there after posting bail.
Try sending him a PM or email. He hasn't posted in almost two years but he seems to still be around. According to his profile he was last...
Combined withthe history of how they came about, YES they have value, just as the Martha Washington test pieces that were made outside the mint...
There are a few wrong images in the Breen book unfortunately.
Franklin Mint is selling them, but they were made by the Hamilton Mint. Basically they are worth melt.
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