Weigh it. If it weighs close to 5.67 grams it is clad. If it weighs close to 6.25 grams then we can talk about it.
I don't think the IRS would be taking it on the chin. Social Security might but since once you convert the silver back into cash you would have...
It is most likely Genuine and NGC would not have listed it as coming from the El Cazador unless documentation was provided. The reason it does...
There are two possible sources for lathe lines. They could be created when the lathe is used to make the shallow cone on the die blank, or they...
There will be no US 2012 Olympic coins.
The first year of the satin finish mint sets they had some problems with the finish and some of the coins in the mint sets come out looking like...
I think it has been cleaned but not harshly.
Also that weight listed for the ASE is the guaranteed minimum weight. Seemingly fairly often when I have seen people list actual weights of their...
Also it will cost almost the same for shipping both ways for five coins as it does for one and that will greatly reduce the cost per coin. (In...
Special ASE's they can do with little fuss. All of those other suggestions would require new authorizing legislation from Congress and might run...
Machine Doubling Damage. It results from a movement of the die DURING the strike.
Every drive up ATM I've seen has had Braille on it. It wasn't before my time and I saw no increased usage of the two dollar notes after the back...
GEC has been around for about two years now.
Agreed, during the 1979/80 melts Leon sent 300 bags of unc 1883-O dollars to the smelters. That is 300 bags of just one date and mint. Yes and...
Yes the plating would add weight, but you don't know how much the cent really weighed before the plating. Specs say 3.11 grams but there is also a...
A strict reading of the law says it is. It's really just a matter of whether or not the government decides they want to push you on it. Usually...
You will have some problems with the American Revolution coin there weren't to many coins made during that period. Most "colonials" date either...
Tell that to Norfed. The government decided his were counterfeits and I haven't seen any US coins in circulation that looked anything like his.
They're not grading, they're marketing. A 70 will sell for more than a 65 so we'll put 70 on it.
It goes back to out first President under the Constitution, George Washington. The Congress DID plan on putting his portrait and that of...
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