The two key features I looked at were the point of the leaf below the N of UNITED and the Point of Leaf (POL) below ED. On the subject coin the...
Well I may be a "loser" but for me a coin show is also a case of being a kid in a candy shop, and when I'm there this "loser" tends to hang out...
You will also typically find in the terms of sale that the auction house reserves the right to pull a lot at any time up to and including after...
Sounds like a chipped edge die.
That would only buy a little time, and you would have the problem of having two different size coins of the same denomination in circulation. It...
I concur 1795 C-6.
A "safe and stable" investment especially long term is rarely a "great" investment Usually, if you are lucky, you manage to keep up with...
The typical electrotype is a pair of copper shells built up by plating which are then filled with another metal with a low melting point, usually...
No, dimes are still profitable for the mint.
I'm fairly sure the 2003 has been downgraded too.
I think it is real. It is lightly circulated and unfortunately suffers from some corrosion (not unusual with zinc coins.) It is a military...
It's too bad the berries on the left side of the wreath are so far gone. The very long nearly vertical stem on the berry left of the C in CENT is...
Early copper, colonials seem to be on the move, I like capped bust material. As far as moderns go I think your best shot is to try to buy early...
True but it works great for fooling newbies and uneducated collectors (not always the same thing.)
2009 I believe when they added all the copper cents. I'm fairly sure that's when they started using the semi rigid blister pack holder. Quite...
Yes it is also a fake. I don't know what it sold for, but if it even sold for the opening bid it was because whoever bought it didn't know what...
Rim, you missed the next line of the "guarantee" This guarantee shall not apply to any coin as to which an obvious clerical error has been made...
I would think that a barn would not be the ideal storage place for coins.
PCGS would say it was a mechanical error (typo, should have said no motto). They are not responsible for mechanical errors. As to who is...
When I worked in a shop we typically paid 10% back of bid.
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