It's changing the hobby. Whether one perceives that change as destruction depends on one's perspective, and arguments can be made both ways.
There was an obverse hub change in 1946. The pick-up points for this are the front curl of Roosevelt's hair (straight and weak on first hub,...
There's a FREE e-book online that has about 550 of the varieties listed by CONECA photographed. If you can't find your coin here, then the CONECA...
While expensive is a relative term, there are some patterns that aren't super expensive. They are few and far between, though. A couple have...
You do.
Last year I sent 8 regrades into PCGS for my annual Collector's Club voucher. Got 3 upgrades. 1892-CC $1 45 -> 53 [ATTACH] 1889 3c PR65 -> 66...
Net graded to F15 or VF details. There are plenty of circulated seated dollars with grades and trashed rims.
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You have a couple things backward here. The 1922 No D is a result of a worn and polished die, and is considered a die variety, as are other coins...
That's why God created the winky emoticon. At any rate, they're all nice coins, so I'll say 65FB. On the fence about FB on this one. It's...
It can't be left off the die, as it's part of the hub that's used to make the die. It would be like leaving off Lincoln's bow tie. It's probably...
No, but I don't think it would be worth the black eye to SB's reputation to pull that, especially with 3 sales remaining. It would have been nice...
I guess that's how I'd describe the results of the Pogue auction last night. This scant 36-lot auction was going to be the cornerstone sale of...
Brought this one home from CSNS. Upgrades an AU58, so now my 50 coin set is complete in mint state. [ATTACH]
Hmmm... This could be fun.
Zerbe was the previous year.
True story: Last year at the ANA summer seminar, we were looking through the ANA's collection for coins for the class. One was an 1878 8TF...
Are freebies good for special issues?
Anyone can claim anything. It has no value above ground, since it is illegal to own, as you cite. It does have value on the black market, but I...
It may be silver plated. I remember throwing cents into used photographic fixer and watching the silver plate out onto them.
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