Yes the sale was contingent on the auction house not breaking it up, but once they are paid for and the new owner has them, what is to stop THEM...
An oblique cut into the metal can cause a raised line on one side of the cut. You will commonly see this done on coins to form a raised X and...
From the Heritage images, it is no question an O-102 and the "defect" by the forehead is deliberate PMD.
Wouldn't be his son (Whose name was Richard), notice the counterstamp is for R Taylor Jr. And if it was for his grandson (his grandson WAS named...
OK but one, who is going to tell the people who were to be honored they are being canceled, and two which one do you tell? The army, or the medal...
No the only places I have ever seen the set pictured was in an edition of Penny-Wise, and in the Dan Holmes catalog. (I have all of the editions...
Well Pretty much everything has been covered except when they were used on the labels. The blue label slabs began in November of 1998. These...
The Chinese counterfeiter who has provided interviews with Coin World (Name starts with J, can never remember it) used to have ALL of his products...
It looks like a S-76 to me. The only question is 76a or 76b? I think it is a 76b.
Agreed, if they authorize 800k they will be a complete sell out. Probably. Here I don't agree. I think at FIRST they will go crazy on the...
Darn I thought I was going to be able to be able to satisfy your wish on the Sheldon color set. It was sold as lot 571 of the first Dan Holmes...
Have to know where to look. I found four copies of the "larger and more expensive" version online for between $20 and $30 each., then three more...
If you can manage to keep them from deteriorating it may be a good idea to save high quality examples of the POST-82 memorials. They tend to spot...
Point of information. There have been two different companies called Universal Grading Service. The one whose slabs are pictured in the older...
He is right on the first piece, the second piece is a 1773 Virginia halfpenny. You'll find it listed in the Redbook under the colonial issues....
S-65 die state IV the crack from rim up through the 9 to bust is present. You really should. It is out of print and becoming harder to find. I...
These "mini" coins have been made by private companies on many occasions. They can come as either gold plated base metal, 8Kt gold, 22 Kt, or...
The study of edge dies is rather complicated. First you have to consider that more than likely multiple sets of edge dies had to be used. Second...
Use a band saw to cut away as much of the plastic as possible then using tongs immerse it in liquid nitrogen. The vastly different contraction...
Which was written in 1814.
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