The magic quarters are why i asked it it was strongly magnetic all over or just in one area. One way they used to make them was to drill into...
Why pay $20 to $30 to encapsiulate a $14 coin? It's not like you need them to tell you what it is or whether it is genuine. Does grade really...
Electroplating maybe, but there were ways of putting a silver coating on base metals LONG before 1857. (There were silver coated base metal coins...
Frankly the 1907 Coronet in 55 - 60 IS basically a bullion coin. It will go up and down pretty much based on the spot price of gold and it will...
Probably not because I would want to see it first. If I am buying an expensive coin I prefer to see it first. From an established dealer that I...
European grading tends to be more strict typically about one grade higher. What they would call a Fine we would call a VF, their VF our XF-40,...
Well that depends. If you are selling to an experienced collector that's true, they will judge based on the coin not the slab. But selling to a...
I believe that site give you the theoretical value based on spot. You would not get that much from a dealer because one they need to make a...
The 64 may not grade as high technically, but I would rather have it than the "66" coin. So I would not pay as much for that 66 as I would for...
Try four times the size. They are twice the diameter (1.5 inch compared to 3 inch) with a surface area of 1.77 square inches compared to 7.07...
Advice? In the future don't run up your credit cards so you have to sell your coins. I may sound greedy, but sell my cherished coins so I can...
So do PCGS and NGC but like SEGS if it down grades they refund the regrading fee. SO you are complaining because SEGS has similar policies to...
These were shat were once called "bar" nickels. During the early 60's the nickels had a real rash of die chips forming at the top of the date and...
No because no one would watch week after week of shows where nothing interesting happened or was found.
Is it strongly attracted to the magnet or just a very weak attraction? If strong, is it equally strongly attracted all over or just in one area?
Place dime face down on the floor/pavement. Stand on dime. Spin around a few times.
Most likely soaked in acid. One thing to check is of the reeds are still visible on the copper core. The reds are formed when the metal is...
An 1969 dime struck on a pure nickel Canadian planchet would weigh slightly less than that of a clad dime so the weight of this coin is too high....
Some areas still aren't seeing them though. So for I have seen three 2009 cents (1 LP1, 2 LP2) and three 2010 cents.
It's almost certainly a contemporary counterfeit. I think we can disregard the cent planchet theory. The lettered edge proves that isn't the...
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