Look on the reverse below the 5 of 50 where the crown meets the shield. There is a punchmark there where something has been punched into the...
If you don't want to submit the whole set, cut the cellophane through the seals and submit the coin still in the cellophane. Take pictures just in...
It means "Go stand on your head!" :)
No 1858 has small and large letter varieties not date varieties. 1857 only has one size date as well. I think the FE is probably genuine, but...
While Breen was beaten in prison and thrown down a stairway, he did survive that and afterward was not kept with the general population. He did...
NCI started in late 1984 and went out of business around 1990, INS began around 1975 I think and is a bit more questionable. It seems to have...
Actually the banks used the capped bust halves because they stopped making dollars in 1804. There were no dollars for the banks to use. During...
No it wont, but if there is something on the coin that is causing the toning the acetone dip may stop it from progressing.
Buy your coins already slabbed so you don't have to pay grading fees. Especially since slabbed supposedly don't sell for that much more than...
Yes, if you aren't chasing the "minor" varieties that is all of them.
Before 1858 you kind of had to know someone in the mint to get proof coins. Starting in 1858 they began selling prrof coins to the general...
OK so it is well struck. That would tend to make missing clad layers unlikely. Once again the most likely explanation is going to be...
Looks like a large motto and there is one variety of 64 LM that always comes with a 180 degree rotation, and that variety is VERY common.
Most of the coins that had left the country during the Civil War came flooding back into the country around 1873/74 as the value of silver fell...
I respectfully disagree with Marshall, my impression is that is is a clip. Just a small one though.
They mentioned it was the size of a large cent. Too big for a farthing, it's a half pence. It also appears to be a George III piece which would...
The article leaves me with some questions. I was unaware of the mint having strip prepared by outside firms in 1967. I thought they were making...
I don't think the comment about him being a "well known grader" was a compliment.
If you are talking about the 2012 coins, those will have to be purchased from the mint or from a coin dealer. Banks will not have them.
You missed the part where he said he cut off the top row and right hand column.
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