All of the designs changed during the Roosevelt administration were designed by Longacre not Barber (cent, quarter eagle, half eagle, eagle and...
two reasons, one is the very large number of fake second chance offers tat scammers used to make. Two after being outbid, many people allocate...
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At the slow rate the Fed is ordering coin from the Mint, they probably already HAVE a strategic coin reserve
I think the strong Doubled die from Denver (Die 1) has a good chance of becoming valuable. When the shift is so great that you have a four barred...
Yes you can get an non-paying buyer strike, and three strikes you get booted.
And if it is in a holder where you can't see the edge just lay a single layer of tissue paper over it. If it is silver it will appear white...
What else i going on on that coin? I see te date you mention (the 9 inder the 1 of 1980) bUt there is something else under the 80. Maybe a NOS...
It is counterintuitive but the greater striking pressure and the double striking done on the proof coins make them "thicker". Most people would...
Not an error just a scratch/damage. And the reason it is silver in color is because the copper plating is very thin and the damage has torn...
The pictures aren't the best, but from what I see so far I'm leaning toward legitimate.
How could you tell? The Nicaragua planchet of 1898 and 1899 is the same size weight and compositon as the US five cent piece. (after 1899 they...
Not a cud just a deteriorating die.
Very simple, You can't. It's not possible without opening them.
There's a reason for that threat. From time to time the mints computer glitches and it IS possible to order new products before they officially...
They're not, this has been pretty much standard operating procedure for over ten years. When you ordered, your were probably placed on the...
Well they have covered find them, roll search, inherit them, and steal them, then you can always try the Chinese method and make them. I'll stick...
Well there was the 1806 O-130 half dollar. The discovery specimen has a good sized hole in it and spent a fair amount of time hanging on a PCGS...
Why? Well for one thing the 2008 proof set has the lowest set mintage since about 1962.
No, some coins struck from brand new dies will have reflective proof like surfaces that do not show luster. Luster appears as the die starts to...
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