Proper etiquette would be to wait until he is not busy and ask he would sign it. Probably 99+% of the time he will say yes, then you can hand him...
Hey so he's old, quit poking. :) (From someone who isn't a whole lot younger.)
Just look at the coin in the OP, it shows it better than the one chasindreams showed. (Probably because or the angle he shot the photo at.)
As Green says there are tons of these plated coins out there floating around. We get a question like yours about them maybe once or twice a week....
Rims are a little weak, but the obverse detail is strong. Surfaces look a little porous and the date is a little weak but full. So it has a few...
Minted on demand means there is no set mintage and they will mint a certain number of pieces on speculation then further coinage will be based on...
I'd say AU-55 detail, nice color, with moderate pitting over both front and back, light rim damage Net VF-25 maybe 30
Hang out at the car rental with a sign that says "ANA Seminar" (Not much of a security risk as most people won't have any idea what it means, but...
It may be illegal but as long as the state gets their money they are not likely to come checking to see if the dealer collected it or paid it...
One of the problems with trying to attempt such a study is that no two coins will have the same surface conditions, the same crud, the same toning...
For those who say the coin is ruined, believe it or not these altered 1815's tend to bring some good money. Dan Holmes had three of them in his...
$114 if you want both mints. :)
If there were it was the dealers kids, because if you didn't pay the tax, he did. And when you are working on a 10 - 15% margin and you have to...
The government would rather have gotten rid of ALL the silver in 1965. The agreement to leave the half dollars at 40% silver was a bone thrown to...
This one of mine has a rather unique break. Full cud, extremely heavy crack, major die flaking, and retained cud all on the same area of the same...
Looks like I overpaid.
The MS70 also seems to have stripped some of the nice brown coloring from the coin.
The question about the $0.01 price comes up from time to time. What that indicate is that they have "pinged" your credit card to make sure it is...
Why would you use this unless you know what the variety is? And in many cases why even use it? If you want the variety listed because you are...
No plating bubbles and a lamination error are not the same thing. A plating bubble is caused by gas that gets trapped between the core and the...
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