What I see on the 1943 looks like die erosion doubling. The dime has clashed dies. I'm not sure what is going on with the 1973.
Markers are small features such as chips, scratches, distinctive polish marks etc that are unique to a particular die and which can be seen on...
Sounds like a collar clash.
And most grading services have a rather short list of varieties they will identify on the holders. If they do identify a lot of varieties, they...
Something is wrong though. It can't be like he represented it to be, because it should not have stars at BOTH ends of the serial number. And the...
No it is not a "bleed through" There is no such thing. The ink is not that thin and the paper is not that absorbent. Notes like that are formed...
So Mikjo0 wants to go to Ireland and get hammered. Doesn't sound like a bad goal. :)
Most US coin collectors and dealers just don't really seem to understand the silver content of world coins. Last monh a he Muncie coin club...
Well I think it has only sold twice, maybe three times, over the past three decades hasn't it?
I went looking to see if he had on in better focus and I found one here....
But if you also accept outside submissions and grade them for a fee, then you are a Third Party Grader. (Ok maybe not independent) SGS does...
Who said the coins have to be all that valuable? I would think that the cost of purchasing the coins would be minor especially since it would be...
Double check that article, I think you missed something. Back in 1972 when ANACS began something like 60% of the submitted gold coins were fake,...
A bank roll is simply a machine rolled roll of coins received from a bank. There is no way to guarantee what the roll contains. That is why I...
Well it depends. What grade do YOU think the coin gaded? If you think it was a VG then you probably did very welll. It you think it was really...
And you never will. What makes you think the workers at the mint are wearing gloves? The coins the dealers get from the mint could very welll have...
The coinage act of 1965 may have technicaly superceed the 1964 date freeze but it also modified the revised statutes to make the date freeze...
If you see FS with no numbers and it is on a Jefferson Nickel though, then it means Full Steps on Monticello on the reverse. In some cases you...
Of course they do. That is why even though a program is said to be sold out, when you look at the actual mintage you won't see 500,000. You will...
One thing to considerwhen looking at third tier slabs is that there is a selective "weeding" that is done with them. Since the circulated coins...
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