The raw $15 - 20 piece you've seen have been modern restrikes, not the 1876 Dickeson restrikes. If anything that piece is still way underpriced.
The early clear plastic tubes from the 50's and 60's over time do outgas something and they do shrink. The cooling method will work but your...
I was wondering if anyone was going to mentio the triangular center of the D. (This is also good for authenticating 14-D cents.)
Larger pictures are still out of focus but I think it has a fair chance of being a die crack.
The quarterly is probably very good, I can't say I don't think I've seen it. The fantastic collection and extensive library is only of value if...
Dream on. PCGS will typically pay off at what THEY decide is FMV and it is usually well below the prices shown in their price guide.
Not since 1986. They also struck quarters without mintmarks from 1976 to 1979. All of the ASE bullion coins have been struck at West Point since...
Earliest record I can find is 1975 not 1973.
No because the grinding isn't done in just one area, it's done to the ENTIRE surface of the die. The entire field surface is ground down evenly...
You might be surprised. If the coins are actually inspected once they are struck once they noticed that gouge the die would have been pulled. It...
When the edge was lettered on these coin it was applyed by rotating the planchet between two edge dies each of which contained half of the...
It confuses a lot of people. The thing is you are NOT trying to grind out part of an incuse design. Instead you are grinding away the flat...
How do you thinkit got to be an AU coin? 120 years ago it had a LOT of bare hands on it.
Is the A actually MISSING, or does it just not show up well because it is not frosted? (Remember the 2003 proof cents with the "missing " 3.)
Right, the date Lincoln died and the date the Titanic sank. I sometimes wonder if that was why the chose that date for Income tax day. Put all...
900fine, if they have a special preview catalog for his middle date collection like they did for his early dates, do you think you could pick up a...
You got it. The 1986 mint set was the lowest mintage clad set until the 1995 and 97 sets. It "snuck up" on people and when it was realized the...
Here is a nice one that was brought up on the EAC Region 8 mail list [IMG] [IMG] This is a pretty decent looking 1830 large cent. Nothing really...
I just checked some prior prices on the President series mint medals. Back in 1990 they were $1.35 each, in 1984 they were $0.75 each. (The...
That is a very early NGC sample slab and was intended for distribution to dealers rather than the general public (due to the expense of the coin...
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