Looks stripped and like it has lightly retoned.
Interesting coin. As mentioned there is only one variety for 1815. This doesn't match it. The dentical positioning to the stars doesn't match,...
If the reverse is rotated almost 180 degrees it is most likely an S-276 which can come with many different rotations, but about 80% of the time is...
Yep, artistic license just as in the lower case O's or the V's instead of U's on some other coins.
I would probably shoot for 40%. You will find this difficult to achieve for whole room living areas because there is just too much air exchange,...
To the best of my knowledge there are no customs duties for any coins imported into the US. There are restrictions on ancient coins from some...
Sorry just my personal opinion and no offense is meant to those of you who are crazy about these things, but yes to me these are just cheap pieces...
theknibbs coin;s are in bezels
Actually they have never tried eliminating the dollar bill before. Dollar coins were made but no steps made to eliminate the bill. More coins...
Needs to be quantified. how much loss are we talking about? Micrograms, nanograms less? How much was lost just from the flow of water over the...
I think Taxisteve will find that there are a fair number of people that are actually interested in contemporary counterfeits. Especially those...
If the coin is fake but the slab is real NGC will pay you compensation. They will not commit themselves to an amount until after they have a...
The coin is not a fake, but it is not the major 88/7 either. Most likely just a normal 1888 cent.
Only because people kept trying to punch it out, as in with a hammer and punch. There were actually very few cases where the center came out...
In the Proof set the "US MINT Philadelhpia" insert is an embossed metal foil thing and I believe it is multi-sided. On the mint sets if I recall...
Collar clash. At one time the obv die was misaligned far enough that the part of the die that creates the top of the rim clashed against the edge...
I have always found this coin to be something of an enigma. Popular and high priced but really not that rare. At best it is probably only a low...
It might be PVC, it might be just dirt, and if they were circulated part of it is almost certainly old skin oils and possibly some old proteins...
They also exist with 1960 1985 dates.
Interesting. Rare piece, rare certificate. The only thing I wonder about is how would you test such a piece to determine what it is? By...
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