Sandy the way children react to coins is widely varied and it varies even more with what age they are at the time. I know this from my own...
While it is true that as long as you bid on items from the various auction houses you will continue to get their catalogs delivered free, it is...
Something you'll find out Shane, if you don't know it already, is that once a coin has been harshly cleaned (like those pieces of silverware have)...
I believe the coin has wear on it but I cannot tell how much wear based on the pics so I have to settle for saying the coin is less than MS.
Those links and many others like them have been right here on CT for years. You just to take the time to look for them. You can find them in the...
Based on the look of some of the design details I think it's a fake coin you have there.
Here's your answers - Unc - http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=MintageTotals Proof -...
It better have a full flan since they used milled planchets by then. As for grade I agree.
In a bag. The arc seems to match coin size and I can think of nothing else that could cause that.
But the post Speedy is talking about seemed to say that it was true everywhere - not just in NY state. As has been said many times already -...
Always seemed to me that these from this time period were harder to find than those centuries older - Congrats !
Haven't read it yet, but I will.
They leave it in the original holder and grade it. Then they put a band around the original holder with the grade printed on the band.
Either upload the pics using the forum software or post a link to the pics on Photobucket or a site like that.
Disagree. Milk spots are caused by some process or the other at the mint and rarely are there more than a few on a coin. This looks to be more...
Best guess I can offer is AU.
Yup ;) They are often given a completely unjustified grade bump just because they were GSA coins.
While I know there are those who make that claim I don't believe it for a second. In my opinion the reason is the same as it is for coins with a...
63 in my opinion.
No thanks.
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