Yes, but not many of them.
Yes it might be possible. In 1965 the Denver mint struck both 90% and 40% silver halves.
Not always, sometimes just one die of a pair is swapped out. And in late 1958 they would have been striking both designs at the same time. Still...
At the current exchange rate $4,032,237 Bullion value as of 2:45 PM EST 6/25/10 $4,035,369 or $3,132 less than the bullion value
It doesn't look to me like the reeding all that well preserved. And the very fact that it IS reeded tells us that at one time it must have dad...
Skid, are you any relation to Peter Skidmore?
When the mint finds a problem on a coin and rejects it they run it trough the "waffler" to "cancel" it and render it into a non-legal tender piece...
Small overlaps (one or two letters) are not that unusual. Beyond that the more overlap the rarer they are and they will start bringing a...
An EXTENDED soaking in vinegar will do the trick. The acetic acid attacks the copper more readily than the coppernickel alloy. If you lok...
That makes three of us that believe them to be scratches.
It probably got the hairlines from light circulation. Although all of these coins were struck as proofs the were released for circulation by the...
Now Charlottdude is the only person here who has described what to me could be a world class collection. The high grade keys that everyone else...
Quarters. One you have no way of proving when you actually got them, and two the mint creates stockpiles before they start shipping the coins...
Not experimental, environmental. Environmental discoloration.
Both of those are the same book. The first is a recent digital format version of the second. The layout is good, but the actual variety...
When you get a flash boil over that removes half the water from the mug that is close enough to an "explosion" for me.
Depends on whether or not they have updated the prices from whenever he wrote the article. (Paul Green has been dead for several years. They...
This really isn't possible. The grader is simply looking at the coin and to him on that day and time he feels the coin has been cleaned. He has...
Registered mail is slow but VERY safe. The post office knows this and I believe you can't even file a claim until 30 days, but believe me it WILL...
Some of us don't like cold shrimp. I prefer mine hot. Mythbusters may have "debunked" it, but it IS possible. I know because it has happened to...
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