The dies were made in Philly.
What's your purpose? Numismatic value? At which point the rarity of the coin trumps melt. Bullion? At which point, yeah, buy bullion.
VF35 cleaned There is wear on all the obverse high spots and hairlines from bottom left to top right
Think about it... one die pair out of how many used to mint 37-38m coins? it's not like the 1955 which was known shortly after release and became...
Ah, missed that. Earlier this year I put together an ACG 'grade' set from eBay an A1 A2 and A3 (MS 64 IIRC) side=by-side you can actually see the...
c does NOT mean cleaned - it means commercial. Read the back, it explains the grading scheme.
You sound fairly angry, so I have to ask about the tone of you 1st email? The delete key solves a lot of customer problems (that are never going...
Paul nailed it - learn from knowledgeable dealers. I'll add "even if it's not an area you are particularly interested in". If the man or woman is...
We all started at zero. But it's easy to get up to five or so buy buying several small items. A $20 scale, some coin display holders, a couple...
I will gently haggle. But I recognize that the dealer needs to make a buck too. Or they won't be there for me to buy from next time. A couple...
To answer Chris' question up stream, while the mint undoubtable performed "quality control" in 1958 and the early concepts of Statistical Process...
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This is relatively current (1966 Irish 10 Shilling commem) and should be better sourced... all I can come up with is that NGC couldn't easily find...
If you look on the bay you will see many kinds of slabs being sold (as protective holders)... There is the coin world premier slabs - those have...
It means minted. NOBODY knows how many of ANY coin were melted, neither by the mint (which just recorded gross dollar values) nor privately.
Thanks! Of course that means I'll have to buy a copy (demand stimulation) and good news/bad news ... the ones I already own are more valuable and...
Appreciate it John, however, it's an issue with ALL of the 3cs business strikes from 1863 onwards. Not just the 71s. And it doesn't help that I'm...
http://www.icgcoin.com/about/guarantee/ Bolding added... 12. The parties understand and agree that these Terms and Procedures confer no rights,...
Oh, and while I'm throwing data, NumisMedia has it at $620 in XF40 up from 570 in January 2015 and January 2014...
You see all kinds - several dealers I know are more digitally active and they use the dealer to dealer network tools, auction prices, etc. to...
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