Just keep in mind that the story is almost complete fiction. While there were people passing the gold plated coins as half eagles, there was no...
That's because if anyone does post something potentially libelous it get pulled. But it is possible to run up a pretty good legal bill before it...
Why would a collector even care if they demonitized his base metal world coins? He has no intention of trying to spend them.
Post mint damage. Cutting into the metal obliquely with a sharp object can create a raised ridge on metal. Gental pressure on the ridge can then...
And unlike RCC there are real ownership people here who could be named in such a suit. And while a lot of people might like to say that having...
Who said anything about successfully? They have been sued though. In the original filing of the ACG law suit the newsgroup RCC was named as a...
Typically a minimum of 100 coins of the same date and mint.
BR549 has the answer, it is the result of exposure to some kind of weak acid environment. In this case it has attacked the relief areas of the...
Well I still need the S-42 so I'm in on this one.
Boy what a BAD fake.
Ah but they did strike more of them. If more than one got away, you half to know what to look for to recognize it.
Because he gets them early and can then flip them for silly money to the people on eBay who want them NOW!!
No they are not paid for by US citizens tax money. The US Mint does not get any appropriations from Congress, it is self funding and in fact...
This one varies depending on the ambient temperature, elevation of the sun, and the size and composition of the bucket.
Hype. Why is an overpolished die like the 37-D 3 legged buffalo, or the 1922 no D cent so valuable while the two feather buffalo nickels or the...
If it's your Morgan and someone elses pocket, it's definitely bad luck. From another Hoosier, but one who is much further away.
Why was that "the last nail in the coffin"? Other than die markers that tell the individual dies apart, a genuine 1847 and 1865 would have the...
Never said he bought it at all. I was at a show this week end, I SAW one too.
After nearly forty years I'm still cynical about things like that. But you miss one thing, the value is that high BECAUSE they haven't graded...
True, but the huge mintages and economic down turn are the reason why the Territories and the ATB quarters have such much lower mintages. Frankly...
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