No I got my date wrong. The end of the free coinage of silver was 1853 not 1873. (I'm not sure but I believe free coinage of gold may have...
The Aluminum cent in the ICG slab shown by Doug is no longer in that slab. It was crossed to a PCGS slab and is now a MS-63 I believe. So yes...
Having a "European" flavor would not be too surprising since Morgan was not an American. He was British and had just recently arrived in the...
If you see silver on an end then statistically it should have a higher chance of having more, but just because you don't see any would not be a...
No, I'm not being sarcastic. Yes I am "The slab guy" and I probably know more about the slabs and companies than most anyone around. I am also...
I don't haggle. I will ask "What is your best price" and then I will either take it or pass. I never counteroffer. I asked for his best and if...
The government stopped actively looking for silver in circulation around 1971 or 72. The Fed or the armored car companies do still remove damaged...
Boulton and Watt processed the copper but they didn't do the smelting and refining of the copper. It may be a change or improvement had been made...
It wasn't me that outbid you!
Yes but I seriously doubt if Whitman (or whoever was making them) was making cardboard "push in" type folders for THOSE Morgan dimes and halves. :)
Probably because I only know of one or two California gold replicas that are actually gold. 99% of the them are gold plated lead. No I wouldn't...
I'd have to check but I think that cap and rays design would have predated Mexico's use of the Cap and Rays design. If so your title would have...
Hello Evorlor, Yes I'm the guy who collects slabs, not just every company but every holder variety from each company. I'm not the only person...
But during those ten years there were two different heads and three different reverse types. There may have also been something of a personal...
Well I don't wear a suit, mainly because I don't have one, but when I go to a show I do wear a white dress shirt and black tie, black dress slacks...
I don't think so. I think the color is not the color it actually is, and I bet the surfaces will be quite rough.
Yes fairly often. Probably the most counterfeited items are the three dollar gold and type II gold dollars, then the 16-D dime, the SVDB, Trade...
The clad layer is VERY VERY strongly attached to the copper. It is HIGHLY unlikely you'll be able peel off a layer.
Charles Barber was five years OLDER than Morgan (Barber born 1840, Morgan 1845) I'm not sure I wold call it going to war, but he did make a lot...
When the services adopted the 70 they "changed" the definition. I has to have no flaws under a 5X magnification. So if you have to go more then...
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