This week it's an PCGS MS65 Hawaiian, selling for $5350 at a shop local to me. Ask next week, and I'll probably have a different answer.
It only takes one. For example: http://web.archive.org/web/20020607194636/http://www.the-signal.com/business/mendelson/0502/051802b.html
I'm not sure it should be. I got stuck for all of about $15 plus the loss of my money for a few months in 2002. I've sent perhaps 40 coins out...
In 2002, I lost an 1855-D 5 dollar gold coin when I sent it to PCGS for a regrade. (PCGS EF-40 holder, VF-20 coin in my opinion). A little while...
The spectral power curve I've seen for LED bulbs show a pronounced spike around 450nm in blue, a steep falloff in the blue-green part of the...
I'm not much of a Note collector, but my oldest issued in the U.S. is likely an unissued $3 Herman Ely note. My oldest note issued by the Federal...
Okay, here's a shot of both versions, under as identical lighting conditions I could achieve given the different holders. The bullion coin is in...
The last message I saw: The United States Mint is experiencing technical difficulties. During this time period, you will not be able to use the...
Nice! Have you seen the 1943 Hexagonal 2 Franc struck in Philadelphia? [ATTACH][ATTACH]
From a year earlier, ANACS AU53: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
It's an NGC 64-FB. Like the "cursed" 63, it has about a 20-degree die rotation.
I just got this one -- perhaps I've broken the curse at last: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I just received a 1917-d dime I purchased from neyronix/RHLE. Communication wasn't the greatest -- I received notification of shipment after the...
I guess we'll know when and if the Mint releases them, but at the very least they'll have a "P" mint mark. The "bullion" versions had no mint mark.
The reverse of the Barber Dime is little changed from the reverse used for Seated Liberty Dimes from 1860 onward, so personally, I'd chalk it up...
I know such bullion medallions exist. Here's one being offered with a 2008 date at far too high a price:...
http://atb.cntofma.com/ Due to overwhelming demand order requests will begin by PHONE ONLY. Call 1-800-258-7322 on Tuesday March 8, 2011...
I think of the Columbia as the first "clip art" coin -- drop in a couple of buildings (from different centuries no less), a statue, and a palmetto...
To bring it down to earth a bit, here's my AU61 half: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
The Chain Cent. Dishonorable Mention: 1936 Columbia Commemorative.
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