I haven't been around here so far this year so I wasn't able to chime in before the auction ended but I don't see anything wrong with that holder....
If you don't know how to grade then don't spend large sums on coins until you can grade. Even from the top tier companies. Your risk may be...
Not that many. After the first year, maybe the second, after they find their vaults bulging with coins no one wants, they will wind up going back...
Eric Newman did a lot of research on the origin of the $ sign and his conclusion was that it was derived from the changing abbrieviation for...
Third opinion here for a filled die.
Definitely NOT a capped die strike. In fact a capped die strike would NOT show a high rim like this thing does. I think what GDJMSP was thinking...
Weight is always the first thing to check when trying to determine authenticity. If you weigh a trade dollar and it weighs 27.3 grams does that...
Maybe go back just to 1901 and have all the dollars of the twentieth century.
I don't know if it has changed, but it used to be that by law the mint could not use more than a 20% mark up over cost. Of course what they did...
Reminds me of my very first trip to a coin dealers shop. I was about 12 at the time. He threw me out of the shop saying he didn't want any kids...
Weight would be the best test. If you don't have access to a scale you could try the tissue paper test. Put the coin down on a table next to a...
Ok, talked with the former owner of the Type II rev piece. He confirms that it was definitely a type II rev and it was a silver clad proof. It...
There are a few indian head cents known struck on quarter eagle planchets. Being struck on a silver dime is also possible. However the VAST...
I don't know. I have no idea what the laws are in Germany which is where he is located. Our laws don't apply.
Looks to me like Vienna Pre-1900 and the Saltire looks like the 1830 version. The line through the circle on the arabesque is curved not...
Problem is those four coins were type I not type II. They were "prototype" pieces struck before the production strikes began in 1975. Since the...
If you want a VG slabbed 16-D, buy a F-12 one. It will be a VG. If you buy a VG one it will be a G. (When I learned how to grade a G Mercury...
More like a $10, a $5, and a $2 bill. No coins. If they discontinue dollar bills we WILL see two dollar bills become a LOT more common. But the...
Actually Crane would get hurt very little. Yes the amount of paper required to make one dollar notes would be eliminated, but the amout of paper...
2005? There are 2005's out there? I'm still waiting to recieve my second 2003. I got my first one a couple of months ago and it is the only...
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