"Restrike"? I think he misspelled "cast". :yack: Edit: given @johnmilton's genuine example, this was a bad guess on my part. It might be a cast,...
That's the thing that keeps convincing me not to buy in. Yeah, the supply of Bitcoin is finite, so it should have deflationary pressure (each BTC...
Yep. They paint Kennedy halves with all sorts of things -- former Presidents, current Presidents, even first ladies. (I see that eBay's sold...
But those are hazardous waste!
Well, there goes the market for these, I guess. :rolleyes:
Priceless, eh? Fair enough. I'm glad you're happy with them.
Wish I could be there, too. Not a good weekend for a trip north, though. :(
I see scratches and discoloration. Also a lot of blur. How much extra would you pay for a cent with scratches or stains?
The OP didn't say, of course, but I'm guessing that converting them to trackable bank funds might be contrary to some of his goals. :rolleyes:
So you think only people who happen to own something can have knowledge about it? Hmm. Makes me feel bad for all the astronomers out there. :rolleyes:
They're pretty likely to be between 1917 and 1924. From 1925 on, the date was recessed (the "type 3" @Clawcoins mentioned), and didn't wear off...
Tolerance on silver half dollar weight is just under .2 grams, plus or minus. Your coin is within tolerance. Congratulations, you've got 5 cents...
Care to post photos?
If I knew that, I'd be furiously typing on a broker's site, not here. :rolleyes:
Your filename pattern lets you pick one characteristic for sorting. If you make it easy to sort/pick by date, it's harder to do it by...
Mmmmaybe. But it's also possible that they were sold there by people who don't care about numismatics, to people who don't care about numismatics,...
Would you rather sell an item after its price has gone up, or after its price has gone down? Because that's the only thing you can know about the...
If I ever own a 1916-D dime, it'll likely be an authenticated FR02 or AG03, and I'll be proud to have it. Your "let's pretend" about the S VDB...
It definitely takes practice. The differences are obvious to me because I've looked at a lot of good and bad coins, with money riding on it, which...
Those go straight to "environmental damage". Also, if you're using an electronic scale, the heavy gamma flux may cause inaccurate readings.
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