Could be plated (Yes they do look normal), could be an altered date, or could be an outright fake. And yes they have been making fake 43 copper...
Eliasberg used A Catalog of United States Coins by Wayte Raymond, not the Redbook.
And until about 2005 the only guarantee they had in writing was for grading, not authenticity. Who are you to tell someone what he should or...
1822 Half eagle 3 known 1853-0 no arrows half three known I wouldn't be surprised if the 1796 and 97 half dollars fall into that catagory And of...
1.Pitman act of 1918. No they didn't record dates and mints. 2. Yes 3. It was known to be in the workssince around 1963 the act that officially...
As I read the article the bill would make gold and silver COINS legal tender. now since the state doesn't have any coins of their own and legally...
Yeah, George Washington but he's dead.
A coin that is R-5 or higher. R-5 means there are 31 to 75 pieces known, and it is where the word Rare first appears on the Sheldon rarity scale....
Hard to say the pictures are too small. It could be a die crack, but die cracks that are wholly contained inside the die are unusual. Another...
Maybe not, after all do you see newspapers or magazines with just one ad in them? How about something like coin world where there are a great...
No, large cents were equivalent to British half pennies.
I think you are looking at a coin struck from a cast counterfeit DIE. The die was cast and bubbles in the casting of the die left voids in the...
That $253 figure was for a S-77 which is an R-4 coin, much scarcer than the other two which were both S-78's R-1. Or NC-3. The high ONE CENT...
See next to last sentence in post #8
Grading scale for Proofs PF-60 Well it's a proof and that's about all we can say for it' PF-61 has a few less marks than a 60. PF-62 has a few...
That's true, so banks LOVE that inactivity fee. There have been many people who have had entire savings account completely wiped out by those...
Unless you let it soak for an hour or two you should probably still see the mirrors. It isn't that strong an acid. As Doug said though, don't...
It would cut materials cost to 40% but the overall cost would still exceed the face value and every coin produced would be at a loss. In fact the...
Those four corner circles are still on the current slabs as well. Sometimes they show clearly sometimes they don't. This slab purports to be a...
Great Britain also struck silver half penny pieces as well. I don't believe they ever did silver farthings though. In 1257 Henry III also struck...
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