Yes, most likely plated.
Let's lynch em.
I don't know when the 1995's entered circulation but the 1996 series were not released until mid 1998.
Uh, it IS certified, and I believe it is certified by ICCS (Looks like an ICCS 2 holder) and they are as far as I know still considered the...
If you are interested in errors one thing you really need is a through understanding of the minting process. I'm not sure what the best book to...
Some people know what they are doing/looking at and don't have to have someone else tell them what it is.
I've gotten about two silver dimes in change in the past ten years so that would be about 250 years. :)
The wreath style matches the 1838 to 1859 coins. I can't tell for sure but it looks like it might be the closed bud reverse which would narrow it...
You also might try finding a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Attributing Bust Half Dollars by Glenn Peterson. It shows enlarged pictures of...
OK probably the wrong term, but they probably still had grounds because the PCGS filing and all the headlines that resulted from it did do...
That isn't the same loop in the R that is seen on most of the Henning 1944's
Not yet but there will be. The S mint bullion coin does not have a mintmark, but the burnished Unc S mint in the 25th anniversary set WILL have...
Those marks are from being hit by the reeded edge of another coin, probably while in the bag.
If the coins were in PVC and not acetone rinsed before being put into the airtites there could be a problem.
Who ever said there was a shortage. Even with the government actively withdrawing them the public still pulled and held the loins share of them.
Not diamond but there is a set of German notgeld that IS made of carbon. (Compressed powdered coal)
I know the government did actively withdraw the steel cents from circulation (about 1/10 of the total struck) but I can't say for sure if they...
My understanding is that some of the defendants named in the PCGS claims have filed counterclaims for defamation. Found a reference, three of the...
They did have a spy in the project. Klaus Fuchs
Almost all US coins ( except the cent) had their mintmarks on the reverse until 1968
Separate names with a comma.
