And those rules were set by the Federal Reserve, not the Mint.
That group of fakes was very commonly encountered (As a group) beginning around 2005 to 2007. but individual pieces from the group date back some...
I think ANACS got it right but the bad photos are going to hurt the auction.
Value is minimal. As I mentioned such slippage is pretty common and has been happening on the lettered edge dollars since 2007. I would doubt if...
The number isn't "issued" by NGC, it is the invoice number and the number of the coin on that invoice. In this case the sixth coin on invoice...
It is some type of fake or fantasy. Everything about it is wrong.
Yes but in the 50's a silver coin would not have been too heavy. The problem began in 1965 with the clad coins. Most counters and detectors...
This coin has been fairly well known in the GSA collecting field and as far as has been confirmed it is the ONLY seated dollar that was in the GSA...
And most important, when they are MS with original color, they are yellowish silver in color never red. That was why another nickname for them...
Wow, six years since the announcement and I still nailed the number of PCGS slabbed fakes.
Impurities can also be dissolved gases, bits of slag, etc. Laminations exist on the pure copper large cents, and I do believe there have been a...
I don't think it would phase me at all......of course I drink water.
Goo Gone works great, but DON'T let it get around the seams on the edge of the slab
Have you got a link to that one? I haven't seen a fake green label slab yet.
And then after they sold the GRADING service to Amos Press in 1990 they created ANAAB American Numismatic Association Authentication Bureau that...
Why not? I know of no reason why the zinc core couldn't have a lamination. I admit I haven't seen one, but that doesn't mean it can't exist.
No, because they have done nothing wrong.
Roll crimping finger damage. In this case it has scraped all the way through the copper and exposing the zinc.
The coin slipped in the edging machine making stars 4, 5, and 6 close together. Somewhere else on the edge (Usually directly opposite the closely...
AMEN! to that! More collectors really need to understand how a coin business works.
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