The Seated , Morgan, and Peace dollars DO have a greater amount of silver in them than the fractional coinage after 1853). .7734 oz as compared...
Yes the uncracked die can be identified through die markers. Look for the spike coming off of the top left of the 1 that was polished off to...
Corrected listing of the varieties copper plated zinc Business Strike (made for circulation only) *Denver LP1 LP2 LP3 LP4 *Philadelphia LP1 LP2...
No they are not the same size.
Haven't seen a 64D, but I have seen a 1974.
I would say a figure of 1.65 trillion says they are not being used. That works out to 5,500 cents for every man, woman, and child in the United...
You mean like the great designs the new blood have produced in the past few years. And the great design ideas for the 2009 and 2010 Lincoln cents...
That's because there AREN'T very many 31-S cents in that low a grade.
The 2009 set is 36 coins as well, and it doesn't contain all the coins the US mint is striking this year like the 1857 set would have. 2009 set 8...
That obverse (obv 5) was only paired with two reverses, Rev E and the CSA reverse. It does come in four different die states for the obverse die....
Oh there will be new talent, the master artists tend to leave the program and apprentice artist rotate up to become the master artists while new...
As mentioned it varies depending on the year. In GENERAL the mint set contains examples of the coins made for circulation that year. But there...
Yes you would because a MS-70 (even a satin finish) is a LOT rarer than a PF-70. And that one graded MS-70 will most likely be worth multiples of...
These ARE just the same regular business strikes that are going out to the public every day! They are coming off the same presses and dies,...
If you have the money to buy some high end pieces go check out the Ted Naftzger collection that The Goldbergs are selling Monday, Lots 600 - 1304...
He has seen 7 to 15 examples of a proof variety in unc? Now I do know that SOMETIMES they would use a proof die for striking business strikes...
But the 1896, 1900, and 1902 were later shown to be contemporary counterfeits, which suggests that possibly more study needs to be made on the...
Decide how much variation YOU are willing to accept and what the price is on the keys are in the lowest grade you a willing to accept and that...
Yes every year of two the mint rotates some of the "artist extention program" people. It has been going on for several years now. Problem is in...
The first is a piece of junk, the third is nothing special, but the second piece is acually rather nice and I think it probably went cheap. If...
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