Who said anything about it damaging the die? And the "grease" from a grease filled die is anything but "squishy". The "grease starts out as...
But will David be doing all the grading/attribution, or will it be farmed out to graders who are not as qualified? I don't trust the TPG's to...
GD, how can you tell it is off center and not a mis-aligned die? Personally unless part of the design is missing I wouldn't call it an off-center...
Possible but unlikely. If you sent it in in the slab, it's possible but probably not likely. If you cracked it out and sen it in it is HIGHLY...
We do know they existed at one time. Is there any PROOF that any still exist in private hands? No, just unconfirmable reports, but there was no...
1964 D peace dollar, 1974 copper clad steel cent, 1975 aluminum cent, 1877 quintuple eagle in gold. At one time the government held that coins...
I'd have to check but I think the eagles are still outselling the buffalo. If that's true then maybe they should discontinue the Buffalo. The...
The mint has only offered a subscription service for the past three or four years. I think what you mean is that you have been on their mailing...
The mint wil probably replace the set or refund your money, but they are probably just having you go through the claim steps with FedEx in case...
What's worse is they often take the first response which may have only partial information or may even be completely wrong and they run off with...
No, you have to understand the life cycle of a capped die. A coin gets stuck to the hammer die, lets say its the obv die. The first few coins...
Possibly shaved off to make a love token. Love tokens on Indian heads are scarce but they do exist. Did it come that way from the mint? Almost...
Did you get ripped, almost certainly not. Did you leave some money on the table? Maybe but most likely not much if you did.
I'd call the first on an AG-3 and the second a FR-2
Some people search through mint sets looking for coins that DON'T show the satin finish well and submit them trying to get them slabbed as high...
It's supposed to be a one year only issue. But of course if it sells real well. . .
I think they were referring to the fact that the "Recent" surfacing was back in July.
They have been used in several countries. This web page shows several but they come from other countries as well. I don't collect them so I...
Or blow up a building! If you can't do either of those, burn someone in effigy.
Sold for the value of the gold plus a standard markup. Sounds like a bullion coin to me.
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