Along with information on the coins get him some on WWII as well so he can understand what his benefactor was going through back when he had them....
PCGS slabs will fit in NGC boxes, NGC slabs will NOT fit in PCGS boxes.
It also bears some resemblance to a poor fake, of an ancient Israeli coin.
So remember, boycott the WTC tenth anniversary medals from the US Mint. :)
So you think it is a good business model when it breaks your way, but when it breaks against you you want to file complaints? Correct? How much...
It can also happen if the finalizer doesn't agree on the grade or something else, it gets bounced back for the graders to take another look.
On the other hand inexperienced collectors who only know what the label says will pay more, too much more if the coins don't live up to the labels.
Dutchman got it, Mardi Gras token, double struck with the second strike off-center.
That's because we live in Indiana, Crossroads of the Nation and MILES from anywhere. :)
I'd say it is a damaged D.
Most post offices have phased out the stamp machines or gone to either exact amount purchased or credit/debit card only.
Struck through a very late stage capped die. For the sake of argument let's say the reverse was the anvil die and obverse was the hammer die. A...
Longacre doubling can be found on the devices of coins as well It can be found on the devices of the one dollar gold quite often. To a lesser...
Usually they go back to the suppliers, sometimes others do buy the scrap. In either case the scrap and waffled coins belong to the company that...
The mint charges the distributors $2 an oz over spot. Before Jan of this year it was $1.50 on oz over. Even on the hockey pucks they are...
The banks have always been able to order them, it's just that most of them don't. Now the NA dollars I believe are only available by direct ship....
Well I could be like the typical little kid here and say "He pushed first" but you do have a point, perhaps I did go a little far saying that....
Yep, that is an ACG 20 slab produced between Aug of 1999 and the end of March 2000. In late March 2000 the added their website address in black...
Possibly feed finger damage to the reverse die.
The first coin could be either a Misaligned die, or an uncentered broadstrike. I lean toward the misaligned die because it is about a hundred...
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