Simply put the survival rate of the early cents was much lower than those of the later ones. You don't see BU rolls of say 1910 Lincolns, but BU...
Not too surprising since the quiz was on the BBC news magazine.
In Coin World a week or two ago they said the mintage of the Chester A Arthur coins was going to be 5.74 million coins from each mint.
I know of two real ones that have come on the market in the past twelve months that were bought at flea markets for $1.
Some of mine were posted in the Old Fort Coin Club PDF link. The Brazil and Japanese were not mine, but the rest were. I also have some other...
Didn't do too bad, 5/7.
I agree, there will be no reduction in crime and a loss of income to the community from businesses leaving the area. You may be right about some...
The graders just get the coin in a flip. They do not see the original packaging. The clerks that unpack the shipments do crack them out and put...
I come up with N-5 on the 1817 as well. It's an R-3. The 1816 is N-4, R-2.
In the other forum I do believe they mentioned that they were going to move the show down the road to a friendlier community.
Subscriptions maybe?
As a rule I would not expect it to lower the grade except that I would expect it to keep an otherwise perfect coin from receiving a 70 grade.
It has happened. There have also been cases of them coming back bodybagged for PVC (There is no PVC in the mint packaging), there was even one...
Dang 46 years studying coins and 40 years as a collector and I'm still not a real coin guy? How long is it going to take! :)
Go with the NC-5. There are a half dozen to a dozen or so unique large cents, but Dan Holmes was able to acquire all of them except the 93 NC-5....
Great subject. I don't have the Brazil or Japanese pieces yet, and I am still missing one Palo Seco and one Cabo Blanco. I think there are two...
Walter had been arrested for child molestation once before. As part of a plea bargin the family did not prosecute but Breen was placed on...
Nope they never actually tried to discontinue the note. As far as I know no legislation to eliminate the note was ever submitted until this year.
If that was the case the detail of the top of the head would be missing or show evidence of the metal removal there. I would agree with Lon that...
Post mint damage.
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