XF-AU obv, rev weaker, possibly later die state. (No way does this coin have MS details) Can't tell much about the color or surfaces because the...
Well I have to admit that I could see the GSA or the Mint being so unorganized as to get the bounced checks back and still send the coins to the...
I would be wondering about feed finger damage. You can also see a similar but less bold area above the first T in STATES.
Standing by to receive. :)
Well considering these are just regular circulation coins that have been plated they could very easily have had nicks all over them before they...
I would find that hard to believe. For one thing the GSA and the Mint cashed the checks long before they shipped out the coins. For another it...
XF cleaned and it has had the highpoints artificailly darkened.
I would have to agree something doesn't look right. It doesn't look like it is in my collection.
I show the mintage of the 1893-S as 100,000.
Coinczar, you need to get those half dimes to a coin doctor quickly. They are very sick and have swelled up to ten times their normal size! And...
Yeah I played on those "bulletin boards" as well.
I'm not sure but I don't think that's a farthing it looks too large. A halfpenny would be about 28 mm across (About the diameter of a President...
If those were the prices being offere then yes it was an attempted (and possibly successful) rip-off. It was just that you never indicated that...
Something you have to remember about grading the 20 cent piece. Unlike all the other Seated Liberty coins the word LIBERTY on the shield is in...
Idhair, I really like that one. It shows the clash better than most pictures of this variety I've seen.
Oh it was kind of around. Back then they were "Bulletin Boards" (BBS) I've been online since 1980. Started with Compuserve back then and I was...
I did already. I concurred that your coin was N-40. As I said both N-2 and N-40 both used the same obv die. The reverse of N-2 was only used in...
I don't know what they go for now but I remember back when I put my set together dealers couldn't give them away for even $25 apiece for any of...
Actually they tended to be fairly crude in the early years. By the time of Grant they were usually very nice.
And what do you base that decision on? Do you assume that if someone owns a business they must be a crook? If you do it you'll probably be...
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