Not even close to scarce. Ten years ago there were over 26,000 of them graded AU50 and higher.
You think that bag is going to maintain the vacuum forever ? It won't. For one thing the plastic itself is air permeable over time. Sure it will...
There is no question that the coins were checked for weight. But the point is that during this time period any coins out of tolerance were not...
OK, now let's ask a better question. How many of you could say that OP's coin is a fake - if all you had to go by was just looking at the coin...
As Paul said proper storage is the answer. For him things worked out well without using desiccant. But it is highly recommended that you do use...
Yes, they were. Just open your Red Book and look at the mintage numbers. By 1806 mintages were approaching a million. After that mintages...
It's pretty simple Kevin, if you don't like the toning, and with your coins what you like is the only thing that matters, then don't use albums....
Those are not adjustment marks. All of the various mints of the world stopped adjusting planchets and coins long, long, before 1900. Those marks...
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