That's the scam. As the dies wear slightly the satin finish fades and the coins begin to look like regular business strikes. So you search the...
One thing about Wal-Mart when Sam was still alive, back then Wal-Mart made a concerted effort to find and stock his stores with products that were...
Well ten years or so ago the mint was very open with mintage figures. Then they installed all new computer controled counting equipment and...
There have been at least four different firms that have used the initials CCGS. I don't believe any of the four I know of used the name Cameo...
Back in 2006 when the proof buffalos first came out there were many complaints about red "stuff" on the coins. It turned out to be the...
Typically for circulation coins the mint begins production in Nov or Dec of the preceding year. For silver eagles production can begin as early...
I don't know if here is a specific directive caued by 9/11 tat covers the purhase of coin rolls, but the banks do have a lot o new restrictions...
Chase A Byrd in Antarctica? How fast do the penguins move? :)
People tend to get upset over having to pay for bodybags because they are under the mistaken that they are paying to have the coin graded. What...
Actually it seems slabs appear to have restorative powers for very expense coins. After long periods of storage in them he grades continue to...
Since the silver mercury and the silver roosevelt were the same diameter and weight, they would have to have been the same thickness. In 65 the...
I my experience it was 1973. Non-cameos before 1973 are not unusual, and after 1973 very scarce. Most 1973's are cameos as well.
It is Longacre doubling.It is VERY common on IGWT on the shield nickels.
True, but they usually do a better job. And have you ever bid on a government job? The bids are normally MUCH higher than the same job would be...
Conder has been busy. Even my own database information isn't definitive. It is pretty much complete on the regular production slabs, but I don't...
I'd put my bet on the gun oil, or fumes from the cleaning solvents used to clean the guns.
If you go to the subscription section and look at the 2009 Mint set, Proof set, and silver proof set it says for all three of the sets that the...
The parks are great, but do we really need eleven to twenty two years of quarters commemorating them? I realize it's too late now but maybe we can...
Thanks to Fish mentioning it, I was able to impose on Dan to sign my copy as well. I felt kind of bad asking him but he seemed very happy to do...
The S-1 was very worn with just the outline of the head ad four links of the chain on the reverse. No real problems just wear. That heavily worn...
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