When these sets were first announced and listed in Coin World the Mint press release said the coins in the "Uncirculated" set would be satin...
Cents struck on struck dimes are scarce but they are available. Values last I saw one were in the $700 - $1000 range. The 1933 double eagle...
I know a man who collects all kinds of ANA memorabila, he has one of the largest collections in existance. Don Young from Kentucky.
I hate to tell you this but I am familiar with this piece. They were produced in the 1970's and were used by one clothing manufacturer as a...
May I give a different take on the book mentioned in the original post. I bought a copy back when it first came out. While it has some good...
Yes I have seen them before. What you have is a polished/filled die that has caused the D or S mintmark to disappear. The same thing that caused...
The Circulating coins are business strikes, the "Uncirculated" coins are Satin finish.
Not only does no one win, the seller LOSES. If he sets a reserve he has to pay a percentage of the reserve as a fee to ebay (flat fee of $2 up to...
There is a person who repairs coins, he advertises in the classified section of The Numismatist (at least he use to) the name I believe is Alan...
Actually most of the 69-S DDO cents confiscated by the Secret Service were destroyed, not returned.
OK, I'm stumped. The light weight does seem to require it to be an off planchet. However the reeding all the way around, but yet with a smaller...
Penny Whimsy is good, but not the 1990 or later edition. Many people like the 1976 edition but I prefer the 1958 or 1965 editions. Even better...
The use of "America the Beautiful" may depend on whether or not the Mint or the Treasury have actually applied for a Trademark of the phrase as...
One question you didn't answer, does the reeding go all the way around the coin, or is it only on one side of the coin? If it is just on one side...
The problem is it is MUCH more difficult to create a new design plate for the currency than it is to create a new design die for the coinage....
OK for starters the old bust dolars WERE heavier but the 29.96 gram figure given above is wrong, it's 26.96 grams. The fineness was lower though...
I posted this elsewhere, the US Mint uses different terms internally than what the numismatic hobby does. What they call Proof, we call Proof....
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