The same thing that has always been safe - buy from reputable dealers, and ONLY from reputable dealers !
You got it.
Looks a lot more like somebody tried to clean it with acid to me. But yes, I believe that is the small S.
That is a pretty old slab, at least 20 years old and maybe more. And yeah they did grade them back then but they quit doing it after that. As for...
When the FUN show comes around I always wait to decide what I day I will attend, and I only attend 1 day, so that I am able to meet as many...
There are no grades assigned to coins in sample slabs. That depends on what part of their service you're talking about. Sample slabs are put...
What the numismatic community considers junk Morgans are as common as dirt and they always have been. You can buy them by the $1000 bag all day...
Dunno, but I'm sure it's posted on their web site. The coin being gradable has nothing to do with it, nor can it. That's because even if the...
Unless of course you are a TPG. Devil made me say it, I swear he did :D
The total mintage numbers of all coins is released by the mint the year following their mintage. This is usually towards the latter part of the...
Altered surfaces also includes whizzing and some forms of harsh cleaning. But if I had to guess on this coin it would be that something was put on...
No, not at all. The orange peel effect occurs when dies get worn out. This is exactly what I said it was, and what the posters in post #6 and #7...
You already have your answer but simply put it's called texture and that is how the coin should look. Your coin appears to have been struck with...
Yes, absolutely.
Yup, reed marks.
That's nothing - [ATTACH]
I merged the two threads you started on this. Please only start 1 thread when you wish to ask or discuss something.
Chris I distinctly remember an article about the 2001 halves written in '05 or '06 about how many the mint still had left, it was the majority of...
I'm sure there are those who do Dick, but I don't think they realized that that is what you were asking for. I'd be happy to change the titles of...
What you have is a fake 1804 dollar.
Separate names with a comma.
