Very true, but the question is about buying them from the Mint.
From what I see in the pictures I feel that they are most likely genuine. I don't see anything that doesn't ring true.
For as well struck as it is, and as high a grade as it appears to be the denticals are oddly very weak. And what is with that raised fin that...
In the last early date census 44 specimens were reported.
So it's legal tender, you still owe for the meal. So you better leave the dollar coins behind when you walk out or you may run the risk of being...
Probably a bit of a misunderstanding. Each coin went throught the hands of ONE of the six persons whose job it was to weigh each piece
No it is not. It is a regular low relief.
I'd say that 1798 dollar is probably a fake.
A lot of people buy the bags with some ill-concieved idea about searching them for errors. They think it is more likely that errors, especially...
The 1802 S-238 is way overrated, it's an R-4- at best. I've found close to half a dozen of them. I had a lot more trouble locating a 226 than...
It IS complete. This tells the story (briefly) of the great silver dollar rush on the Treasury in the early 1960's. For each silver certificate...
The simple answer is that the two mints did not switch lg/sm date or copper/zinc at the same time as each other. Denver switched to zinc later in...
The official inaugural medal is made by a private mint not the US Mint. It's been that way since the very early 20th century.
Nice token, Middlesex D&H 317. Nicer than mine, I have an XF-40. I seems to be a popular token but fortunately seems to be more common than it's...
Toad I hate you. :D That happens to be a piece I need for my own collection. It's a D&H 1065 and was a genuine trade token used as change (and...
Looks like a partial collar to me.
Can't tell if the die crack is a crack or a lamination. At the bottom it may be a slight grease fill, The date is just damaged, something has...
Weighing to determine whether the plating is missing or not isn't going to tell you anything. The mint tolerance on the weight of the cent is +/-...
The "S" has to be a coincidence in the metal because it does not match the shape of an S mintmark. The vertical bars are from a die clash.
Also a simple die crack would not really bring a premium either foreign or domestic.
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