I can see several possible reasons. The day of the week and time of day that the auction ends can have an effect, past history of the seller can...
All the infromation on every coin is there? If the information I'm looking for ISN'T there do I get my money back? I didn't think so. They have...
Uh, room.
Mint rolls you could probably prove fairly easily but bank wrapped rolls I agree you may be in for some trouble proving they are a "collectible"
Books might be cheaper.
I'm not sure but I believe the Swiss 20 francs is still issued for circulation and available at the banks at face value.
Before they were actually available for direct purchase and were only available by subscription they DID have that as part of the description for...
Sure it's 40% silver but so is the 1969 set. I'm not surprised he just had you keep the set, the value is low enough that it isn't worth the...
Answered in this thread http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t63244/ Yes but you have to understand what you are seeing. The columns are incuse in the...
The dies are very slightly convex and the area of Lincolns neck and the bays between the columns are the highest points of the incuse designs in...
Individual date digits ended around 1840. After that they went to a four digit logotype punch. That's their way of saying "we would like for you...
The master hubs had been use for years and were pretty well worn out by this time and was suffering from a loss of detail of the bust and it was...
That's what I'm thinking. It definitely isn't missing the clad layers (Strike is too sharp to be on a coin missing close to 1/3 it's weight and...
It's from a polished die. It can't be from grease filling because the missing details are on a HIGH area of the die (Yes it is on the design...
You folks are missing the comment on the weight. At 2.2 grams it is WAY too light to be a normal cent. There are several foreign planchets that...
Die clashes ARE common.
Zinc would not be red.
Yes I've seen several of them. This one is somewhat unusual since the two heads line up so well but it is possible for it to happen by accident....
Probably ran out of already struck satin finish 2008 coins. By law they can't strike any more of them so they had to end the sales even though...
Numbers is correct, the "fact" is not a fact. There is no general law forbidding a living person on a coin. The prohibition of no living person...
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