You might want to rethink the silica gel. While moisture is a bad thing for coins, paper requires a higher humidity level or it dries out and...
It is not a proof. Note the rims, especially on the obv. They are not sharp and square, the edge of the coin is rounded and does not meet the...
I would agree. I'm wondering what the auction was and whether or not that is the reason for the offer. Either that or possibly one or some of...
Why? The RP platinum is basically trading as a bullion coin which means that there aren't enough collectors of this coin to support a higher...
2548 is the first number for a 1923-S cent. It is followed by the number for a 23-S RD cent and then the number for a 23-S BN cent. Since the...
Must have played with the 1804 too much, it seems to have run away.
I wish the ANA guide would cite some specific examples because other than the three I mentioned I am not aware of any other cases where a die...
No, in posts 46 asnd 54 he is clearly referring to the 1828 he posted pictures of and calling it a C-2. From post 46 and then he posts his...
Amazing, you've discovered the first 12 star C-2 with 13 stars. Actually it is a C-3 but that doesn't affect the discussion. The dies are...
I will agree with Toad on this point. Pictures are very limited on what they can teach you. You can't look at different angles, you have no...
The problem with nic-a-date and many similar chemicals when using them to etch a silver coin and bring out a date is that a great many silver...
??? The collar is just a flat piece of steel with a hole through it and the insides of that hole are just straight up and down. The inner edge...
Much easier way of identifying the reverse is to look in the eagles left talon. On the type 1 there is a very prominent berry there above the...
Your picture looks like a normal Sac dollar. What am I missing?
35,401 minted currently only one survivor known, certified by NGC in Aug of 2001. That's for the business strike of course. There are about a...
I would talk to the people you bought it from first to let them know what you are doing and to get their approval. Because by the time you get it...
Sorry but the 21.187 gram weight IS within the mint tolerance of +/- .097 grams. The legal minimum weight for the Trade dolare is 27.119 grams I...
Yes they have almost all come out of West Point since 2000 (I think the 2006 P reverse proof is the only exception), but they have only had the W...
So why subscribe. A dealer might need to keep on top of week to week price changes (but most things don't really change that much o that...
If you will not the scratch runs across the center of both coins. There was a early vending machine coin mechanism tha used to check to make sure...
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