If the tube is sealed and the humidity inside the tube is low and the tube is stored at a moderate temperature that doesn't vary a lot it may...
< I should probably make another comment here - the ancient Greeks did not place coins on the eyes of the dead though, they would place a coin...
SGS and FSG are not the same companies. As to where they are all coming from, welltere are no regulations so anyone who wants to can start his...
I've seen many fake trade dollars but never an electrotype.
< Read the listing NOS. 10mm 8K gold means that there is a plating of 8K gold. 8K is .3333 gold, so the total pure gold on that coin weighs...
From the serial number I would say thet yes it has been cut from a uncut sheet. The uncut sheets are printed seperately Home paper cutters...
In the image it doesn't appear to be a dent, it looks like a bubble in the plating.
Yes that is the Huge O variety. I have seen regular coins sold as huge O, and I have seen a couple altered ones, but I have never seen a...
Looks simply like damage. It actually reduces the value of the coin.
Then there are novadels which are coins made by the original government with new backdated dies. (Technically the Maria Theresa Thalers are...
< I also hate that ebay doesn't count feedback from a repeat seller/buyer. I don't get the "unique" thingie. To me a transaction should count even...
< Hell, there could be as high as 100,000, isn't that the avg. life of a die? > Quarter die life can run around 500,000.
< I'm telling you exactly what is happening right now with ASA Accugrade's lawyers...they are either looking to see how long they can "milk" their...
Yes they are still legal tender
This looks like machine doubling, not a doubld die.
If the "harder" piece is hard enough not to be flattened by the strike it would also most likely be hard enough to cause damage to the surfaces of...
Major obverse die break. A large piece of the obverse die has broken off and fallen away. With no metal to form the planchet the metal of the...
Be carefull, there are also Uncirculated SAE's packaged by private companies with COA'a and put in velvet boxes that are very similar to the boxes...
The coin in question is an altered date coin. The 3 has been altered, probably by removing the left side of the 8 on a 1948 S cent. Th cshape of...
<<Wouldn't "Babies Runny Nose" be equally offensive? >> Yes, and you won't find that nickname being used on any major services slabs either....
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