I'm not sure, it would really depend on how the legislation that forced the return of Montecello was worded. At the time the Act of 1890 was...
For widget coins or low end pieces. The Graysheet is fairly useless for high end coins, thinly traded coins, truly rare coins, varieties, errors,...
Yes the serial number is a little high be it is within spec. Usually there isn't a premium unless it reall overruns another part of the design....
Sure, because I want them. If I can afford them I'd still buy them. I may not buy as many but that would be because I don't have the money to do...
It takes the two thirds of the house as co-sponsers before you can bring a bill on COMMEMORATIVE coins or medals before the subcommittee. I don't...
The Fed did have machines for separating the silver from the clad back in the late 60's early 70's, but it was retired back in the early 70's when...
The older coins were struck at a slower speed and higher pressure with higher relief dies which resulted in better strikes and higher rims. The...
Do the horizontal strike Schuler presses use feed fingers?
Another question. What constitutes recognition? The Conch Republic issues passports which are accepted by other Carribean countries....
Please show me where in the greysheet I can find price information for the die varieties of early or middle date large cents, or 18th century...
Why? Possibly they copyrighted the name back in 1978. (and maybe had a certificate I haven't seen yet.) A copyright is good till 70 years after...
You found a Jefferson head? Got any pictures?
I've always found this argument interesting. So if a "recognized" state doesn't recognize them, they don't exist. But who "recognized" that...
Last I checked copyrights existed before the Internet and even before personal computers. I thought I had an old reference to an AGS from Georgia...
Well it depends on when you consider the start was. When I started collecting there were no services so you could say I started at one. But if...
The second IS a large cud, the first is not a die cap, it was struck BY a late stage capped die. Not the same thing. A die cap is the coin that...
No Zinc has a much lower melting point than copper. Zinc melts just below 800 degrees, copper is about a thousand degrees higher. The copper...
Just because they are in bags direct from the Mint doesn't mean they can't have post mint damage. Post mint damage simply means that something...
Jerome, how can you say that when you don't even know what it is?
Possibly a die goug but also possibly, and probably more likely a bubble in the plating.
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