I have seen two generations of PCGS holders in counterfeit slabs, but nothing that early. I don't see any of the signs that that is a fake slab.
Pyrbob is correct, most dealers have no really experience with errors and often can not identify them properly. This coin sounds intereting...
That should have been an interesting coin considering the 46-D was a Roosevelt. Finer and finer pumice stone tools, a buffing of the worked on...
There is a US coin before the 1793's, the 1787 Fugio cent which was authorized by the Congress and struck by private contractors for the US...
How many countries do you know that pay a lot of attention to international laws? Even we tend to ignore them if they don't suit our sensibilities.
Then you need to know your series. For early issues knowing die varieties really helps because so far the Chinese haven't done much of anything...
US customs isn't really the problem, it will be Indian customs where he will have problems if he has any.
Sure it does and it has been done all over the world when currencies have depreciated so much that the numbers start becoming inconvenient, the...
There is a theory that a lot of the 01-S quarters were lost during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. As to why they made so few, I...
Only if I can do it indoors.
Yes Abe Lincoln has been on the quarter. He's on the IL state quarter. But no he was never on the quarter in 1865. (He was on some pattern...
The magnet information is only good for the cruder chinese counterfeits. On their quality jobs they are actually using the proper weight and...
Cents (Since) you've been gone by Kelly Clarkson?
You must be in the 35% tax bracket then. Capital gains rate on coins is 28% (Unless your personal rate is less than that in which case it is...
Unless the bank decides you haven't used it recently (Especially in CA where there have been cases where the inactivity was less than a year, and...
There is a book on Indiana tokens but it is way out of date. A new one is being worked on, and has been for a long time. One of the members of...
I'll have to go with my 12-S nickel as well.
Some Indian fanams get down to 4.5 mm
Are you sure the mintmark is an S? As S mint coin would as mentioned be a proof, and since proofs are struck at a higher pressure, and struck...
The area below the date is post mint damage, the area from the L to just beyond the I looks like it could be the result of a collar clash.
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