In most cases, more than the coin is worth.
Cool yes, rare not even close. You can buy them by the dozen in novelty shops, in just about any denomination you want.
The only way there ever is to authenticate any coin is to have an expert examine it in hand.
Doesn't much matter, with that rim ding it'll never slab. But you might get it in a genuine holder.
No, only the ones with the large mint mark on the reverse contain silver.
The reason I'm asking the questions is this. If you got the coins, both Proof and BU, from the same source, and both types of coins have a similar...
I has nothing to do with cotton. The first rule of coin collecting is that you never touch the surface of a coin - with anything. Fabric or...
Yes it is. Any dealer worth his salt will ignore the plastic and make an offer based on the coin. And in this day and age when even the best TPG...
Something else explains it - people believe what they want to believe - regardless of what the truth is. But to answer the question, back then...
I saw the pics, somebody else already posted them. Doesn't change anything though. As I said in my response, I was willing to assume it was from...
Don't be so sure. I have a special medallion given to me years ago by an old Gypsy woman ;) And yes, I do have my zombie gun ready to go too :D
I live in Deltona. And no, I am not a dealer and have never been a dealer.
Yes, they are all toned. Just about every coin you ever saw is toned, at least to some degree. Those all look to have album toning. No. At...
But no expert would be caught dead wearing them ;) Now think about that for a minute. Let me ask you - would you pick up a coin and touch the...
If I understand you correctly this film is on both Proof and business strike coins - is this correct ? The answer is important because while Proof...
Then you can be assured that the "color" is not toning - as I suspected. If it were toning, the dip would have removed it almost instantly.
I think most people probably miss the most important part of that quote - And if you go back and read that thread closely, Mike isn't saying...
Boy ! If you only grade coins that well :D
Does it ? I sure didn't see anything in that video that convinced that box was from the US Mint. Did you ? But let's just assume it was. After...
When you see them getting dirty, and they will. You can wash them. But they are so inexpensive that a lot of folks just throw them away rather...
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