Maybe you should have left it in the plastic and sent it to NGC. They do slab them in the OGP just like the GSA dollars.
Maybe some rafters left as debris too.
Listen to Medorman. It is sometimes possible to buy coin related gifts for a beginning collector, rarely for an intermediate collector. For an...
We had a restored version of the small register at the pizza parlor I used to work at. Really neat item. And I have always heard that same...
5 pence would seem to indicate that it is Great Britain or a member of the British commonwealth. If it is a commonwealth member the name of the...
Could be struck on a thin planchet, or on a foreign planchet, or most likely soaked in acid. Need pictures. (good ones please)
I cheated. Those images are from the Dan Holmes collection. I don't own pieces that nice.
And will be given freely.
That turned out to be a joke, The coins in question were 2004 Canadian Poppy 25 cent pieces with a colorized red center. The colorized poppy has...
It isn't likely they are acquiring wear but the coins can be toning resulting in a dulling of the luster.
And then the little children promptly re-elect them. What does that say about our spines? How many 30+ year old vending machines do you see out...
Large pictures of all three 1820/19 overdates [IMG] N-1 The 1 shows strong under the center of the 2 the 9 hardly shows at all [IMG] N-2 The 1...
One of the first things I look for on an 1804 is the low berry and long nearly horizontal stem to the right of the E in ONE. And I agree about...
Just goes to show that old redbooks are good for something. :)
You quoted the wrong law. Intent to commit fraud is not needed. Title 18 chapter 25 Section 475 § 475. Imitating obligations or securities;...
A dropped letter that showed on the edge would not be created in the edge lettering machine. It would come from the dropped letter being caught...
It IS possible. A Glob of something falls on the die and fills details and several letters on the die at the same time. Now these filled...
Two of them. Little half Sisters by Roger Cohen, and Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793 - 1857 by Walter Breen. Both are excellent...
Yep Marshall is correct this is the 1820/19 small overdate. As he said there are three different overdates this year with two of them being very...
Bingo, Doug has it exactly right. because for them it is legal and for us it is not.
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