OK so they are from the last two years, and I assume you are just sending in the sets you received with little or no cherrypicking of the sets. I...
What gets me are the weak rims. The presses were set for coining the much harder steel planchets. The relatively soft copper planchets would...
My reference set is not complete, there are still companies I do not have examples from. Mostly fiy-by-nights that came and went before I could...
I have articles I have written on identifying fake PCGS, NGC, and ANACS slabs. If you are interested, drop me an email. Conder101...
Around here that is the law. You must card EVERYONE no matter how old they look. Violator risk fines and losing their alcoholic beverage...
True but the matter was confused a bit when he started quoting from a book by Greer. Greer did not write a book on half dimes, he wrote on seated...
In 1980 I was setting up with a dealer who was buying gold and silver. I was buying the other non-precious metal coins that were brought in. As...
It may not be that hard to prove. This scanning technology they recently announced has been around for awhile and PCGS has probably been playing...
While the "PVC" residue may affect the gold coins due to their copper content, I would expect the main result of that to be making the copper...
But once he has the conviction on his record that gives show promotors grounds to ban him from their shows. If no one presses charges against him...
I see the die clash and the repunched date. I don't think it is a clogged die, I suspect a tapered planchet.
I'd say someone removed the word. Why they would do that I don't know.
The Mint had a GREAT deal of trouble with the 25% Nickel 75% Copper alloy. It was much much harder than the bronze, silver and gold alloys and...
Hard times token, Low-97 HT-293 R-1 There are three varieties of this token Low 95 and 97 are common Low 96 is very rare, They all have the...
The description of what you would be getting from the Bradford exchange doesn't make any sense either. If you got two coins of each design from...
But weight tolerances for the planchets are greater than the slight differences in the 1.069 to 1.084 figures. The copper nickel clad dollar can...
Good then I was right in post #20.
If you are familiar with how this series looks you would see a LOT of errors in it. The bust is mishappen, the lettering font is wrong, the font...
And you do have to realize that NGC has only been added the images to the certificate verification for a little over a year. Any coins certified...
Wow, stumble across a magazine and become "The Expert". Sure, post them I'll give it a go!
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