Definitely cleaned, and harshly. And I agree the VDB does look uncommonly sharp. Usually they ar not that bold.
1877-S with a type 1 reverse. Absolute fake.
I think that many of the state quarter collectors have already grown tired of them and moved on. Once it ends many of them will finish off their...
But if you drive them on the roads here in the US you can be charged and fined for conspiring to evade the fuel tax laws. As to the Whizzers,...
Sorry I misunderstood what you meant when you said the gold was gone many years before the silver was used up, because the mint has never really...
Government. . . .irresponsible. Sounds like a good argument for the gold being gone. :)
And 30 years ago when he started carrying it a Fine 1811 bust half was a $10 - $15 coin
Why should the 24kt cost more than the 900 fine version? They both contain exactly the same amount of gold, but the 900 fine version give you an...
The features around te eye appear raised so i would think a damaged ot chipped die. Possibly from clashing. They may try an polis them out and...
Unlike GDJMSP, I believe the government still has gold reserves, but the legislation for the gold eagles and usually the gold commems requires the...
They changed both the obv and the reverse, All 1873 and 74 coins are type 1 obv/rev, all 1877 and later are type II obv/rev. 1875 and 76 can be...
Philadelphia did not begin placing a P mintmark on its coins (with three exceptions) until 1980. The exceptions are the 35% silver war nickels...
I can't believe that in four pages of posts no one mentioned the fact that the coin in the original post had a type 1 reverse and the type 1...
It's very simple. Some of us don't have a conscience. I could easily rip people off like that and I wouldn't lose a minutes sleep over it. But...
Well he was still calling it a coin instead of what it is, a modern unmarked fake.
The Treasury stockpile of silver was depleted years ago (They did silver auctions, and sold silver coins such as Ikes, silver proof sets, and...
Odd, why would you hole and then plug a 1960 nickel?
I'm not sure what he sees wrong with the second auction either. Unless there has been some photo manipulation to make the coin look lighter on...
Actually you are not old enough. Back before the ratification of the Constitution and before before the Mint act that defined the relationship of...
A press that could deliver 40 to 70 tons of pressure per square inch doesn't make much of a coining press either. It takes about 70 tons to...
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