What he said.
I would agree with popularity being what defines a key but that's it. Keys are among the most easily found coins there are. Any day of the week...
First of all, dipping coins (properly) has been perfectly acceptable by the numismatic community (and yes that includes the TPGs and CAC) for as...
It depends on the denomination, but if memory serves they punched everything by hand until the 1990's.
That is not a good price, it is about $1,000 too much. The price on these coins has dropped significantly from what it used to be, and it is...
Yes it is, but it could take him years to do that. You see, a little bit of knowledge about a given subject is more dangerous than no knowledge at...
Jetons medalets and tokens - The Low Countries and France (volume two) by Mitchiner
No.
It is a jetton of Louis XIII of France, not a coin. And it looks to be billon, made of base metal with a small amount of silver combined in the alloy.
Without seeing them in hand I don't know. But let me put it you like this. 1 - Copper is the most reactive of our coinage metals, at least our...
I've been sending people his way for at least 12 years now ;)
Marbury my point is this. You have either a $60 (63) to $75 (64) coin that you are going to spend another $40 on to get it slabbed. You paid $60...
Marbury, save your money on slabbing that coin. It aint worth it.
This gets talked about all the time, I've posted about a couple of other times already today in fact. But I will again ;) Like I said, it's...
They were dipped.
Brianna - Since you are just starting out, let me ask you a question. If a coin is worthy of being in your collection, is it not worth spending...
Being an '81-S I can't go higher than 64. If it was another date or mint it might have a shot at 65, but no early S mint coin would.
Sure, that'll help. But those plastic bags you're using are still air permeable and air will get back into the bag over a period of time. And...
Given the examples of the coins that have shown by the OP, I don't think the problem is with the dealer.
Yes, there will be. But it make take your entire lifetime, or longer, before it happens. The reason for this is twofold but rather...
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