I suspect that the reason this coin is low is because it has suffered corrosion from being in the ground. That will cause any coin to loose...
What Tomaska is telling you is that if you truly want a well struck coin that you should ignore the special designation FBL for not all FBL coins...
That's because they are palm trees. Believe it or not some species of palm trees grow all over Washington DC and surrounding areas.
Another excellent post Jason :thumb: I would make 2 minor additions to your comments, only for the sake of understanding. One is to this...
Every coin there is has been counterfeited at one time or another. You have to remember that the single biggest reason for a counterfeit coin was...
As a general rule the tolerance level is plus or minus 1%. So with 12.5gm as the base that gives you a spread of 12.375 to 12.625. That said, if a...
Proof Like at one time but no longer.
With one side being completely flat it sounds more like a medalion than a coin.
Tell where you want it and I'll move it there ;)
That's kind of the point that Matt was trying to make. If you have the experience you pretty well do know what will happen if you dip a given coin...
Not sure I see the conection between your comments and the topic of this thread. Are you suggesting that modern unplated zinc cents are worthless...
As I told you when I viewed the coin in person, I couldn't really see any signs of tooling. That doesn't mean there aren't any though because as I...
I'll let the story stay because of the mention of the Franklin Mint issues, which are not coins but at do least have a numismatic relationship....
Are you sure it's genuine ? I've been looking and looking and I can't tell if it is or not. Granted, most of the diagnostics require a closer look...
I agree with your decision :thumb:
Is this on the coin ? This pic makes it look like it is but with the other one I'm not so sure.
I didn't claim they proved anything, matter of fact I speciffically said that they did not. But they do at least provide some evidence that Breen...
It's happened, the TPGs have been fooled before. Just not very often. If you mean actually catch the person who did it - no, not to my...
monte - the answer to your question will depend largely on the coins you have. Yes there are many world coins that have significant value. But...
I can't recall the exact year, Conder might be able to, but I think it was in the '90s that the mint made a switch in where the Mint Set coins...
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