They were not made by the US Mint, they were made by The Gallery Mint and were sold by them (The reverse design actually was one of the finalists...
Yep a damaged modern fantasy.
In fact before 1944 that was exactly the governments position, that all the 1933 double eagles had been accounted for. Then after someone asked...
Yep, heated til the metal softened and a trapped gas bubble expanded.
Correct. There were four types of GSA holders (Hard pack Unc CC, Hard pack "non-unc" CC, Hard pack Non-CC dollar, and Soft pack Circulated) and...
Why?
You would also probably find the waffled coins listed under the sale of coinage scrap since that is what it is. And most of the waffled coins...
I don't think they did. If it was to last for 13 years it would have lasted until 1991. I check the mints list of official mint medals produced...
When they were first made back in 1873 - 74 they were worth their face value and they were accepted as such overseas. But as the value of the...
I would say the term bust can be used to mean any representation of a person that does not extend below the waist.
Than's for that link Desertgem, it looks VERY interesting.
2.9 grams would be just a little over tolerance for a steel cent. the standards for the steel cent were a little loose with as mentioned two...
I don't understand how the mint selling millions of oz of silver a year could depress the spot price of silver considering the mint has to BUY...
Sounds like there had to be some inside help. The bar was inside a heavy plexiglass case. It would have been extremely hard to break it....
For a 1978 (or 1988) if you want to know if it is on a dime planchet just look at the edge and see if it is clad on a copper core.
Let's see where it is in about ten years. It often takes that long for Mint products to settle down to their true value.
Correct. And it is not just on gold buying and selling it covers all businesses and products.
A capped die strike and a brockage are closely related. If a coin gets stuck to say the hammer die as striking continues it makes brockages....
OK, my comments about it being the result of heat and an expanding internal gas bubble was based on his statement that the obv showed "No...
And of course the corollary: Collectors shouldn't buy coins that dealers won't or don't want to buy back at a reasonable price.
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