Simple reason they don't circulate - the majority of the US public does not like to use them. Same reason the dollar coins don't circulate.
While I understand what you are saying about the upper loops Mike, using those loops as the diagnostic is somewhat subjective. However, using...
The bottom serif looks bulbous to me. If you think of the bottom serif only - at about 9 o'clock there is a light reflection, but that is still...
This one thing, all by itself, even if you didn't know anything else about the coin, is absolute proof the coin is a fake. No, but I suspect...
From what I can see, the SBA and dime are type 1. Rest are type 2.
That depends on how you define good. The problem with buying lots is that most of the time you end up looking through coins that many others have...
Jesse - The problem with distinguishing an SMS coin from a business strike coin arises when a nice business strike, or a not so nice SMS is...
I can only report to you what has actually happened and been written about either in forums and/or the numismatic press. Even the professional...
Pretty sure the 65s and 66s will always be fairly common. 67 and up and the CAM DCAM issues are the ones that are more scarce.
Not really Jesse. Often even the experts can't tell one from the other. There have been several examples slabbed as SMS and then later determined...
I stand corrected, Conder is right. Doesn't change my opinion about removing the coin though.
Yes, some coins in top TPG holders have undoubtably been harshly cleaned. There are a variety of reasons for this and sometimes even explanations....
The last circulation issues of the half sovereign were struck in 1915 in London, and 1918 in Perth, during the reign of George V. The Perth Mint...
Color could easily just be the pictures. But with the damage that coin has I would not even consider buying it.
I have no doubt your coin is genuine, it's just a problem coin due to the corrosion.
If the coin is really made of gold its value would be the gold content. The coin is a fake.
Yeah, those missing cardboard holders may have lost you several thousand dollars. You see, in the original packaging those Mint Sets are downright...
Nor should you have any idea what they are worth, for several reasons. 1 - you have no idea how to grade the coins yourself. 2 - you have no idea...
Only if the wear is extreme. As for heavier than normal, yeah that's been done too. There are plenty of fake Morgans with a higher weight and a...
The coin is not a Proof as there were no Proofs in 1965. Nor would the coin being in the pliofilm prove it an SMS coin either as the Mint Sets for...
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