Technically a capped bust half CAN'T be broadstruck, or you could say they are ALL broadstruck. The definition of a broadstrike is a coin struck...
And people watched that show??
That could mean that sales are slow so they have plenty of stock on hand for immediate shipping.
I'm with you. I don't like red or red/brown copper. I really prefer a nice even brown coin.
I also think that one of those is Japanese. At least none of them appear to be Annamese.
Maybe a dollar.
I believe Paul Cunningham wrote the books you are looking for Military tokens of the US 440 pages. I think he also did one on tokens used in...
Strings and Son make the wrappers and the wrapping machines, they do not wrap coins. Anyone can have Strings and Son wrapping machines and anyone...
Material I can use doesn't tend to come around real often so budgeting isn't really that important to me. If I can't find any thing this month,...
Correct, but not until they had been in production for about a year, so not all slabs of that generation will have photos. The early photo they...
Don't count on that. I NEVER trust the variety designations given by PCGS or NGC until I have verified them. They get them wrong way too often....
No it will still be MS It might be a lower MS according to the TPG's because of the subdued luster as mentioned above. But even if the grade...
I don't collect moderns either, but every now and then I do see something interesting, and I also like to stay on top of what is going on. So...
Weight tolerance is +/- .097 grams so it is WELL within tolerance.
The first of the baby boomers just started retiring a couple years ago. With average life spans pushing 80 we probably won't start seeing...
YES the 34 is a much better choice. I like that coin a lot.
This is true, and the average age has been 50's+ for at least 37 years now. I would bet it was 50's+ long before that and will be 50's+ for a...
I've been studying coins since 1966, collecting since Feb 1972. Joined EAC in 1982 and I've been collecting the early date cents since 1985.
Definitely an 1803 I'm thinking S-258 the spacing of the 03 doesn't look quite right though.
Boy you guys start a lot of threads. I've been here nearly 10 years, almost 9,000 posts and I've started 5.
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