But they don't have to be PROFESSIONALLY slabbed to preserve them. Good generic shells will protect them almost as well as TPG slabs, especially...
Simple, they were released and they ordered a large quantity before the mint pulled them. From the Coin News article Paradise Mint didn't...
True, even the TPG's graders can only do it about 75 to 80% of the time. And Bowers isn't saying anything those of us who have been collecting...
Only if they are lowballing the people that bring in numismatic coins so they can get them cheap for their auctions.
No it's not a cud.
I think that, as usual, they picked the worst design of the possible choices.
Nice coin, probably fairly graded, only problem being the large rim bump on the obv a 12:00 that no one has mentioned. And it is a S-78. S-76b,...
Ohh that hurts. I love seafood and there isn't a good place within at least 100 miles.
Actually the dies do have a thin film of oil on them, The tool steel rusts easily so it has a protective il film. The planchets are also oiled...
I admit I assumed that if you made a claim the insurer would want to see a copy of all the paperwork and that would include the value declaration.
This is incorrect. The sets started out as all type I and the coins did not all switch to type II at the same time The cents started first and...
Might do better with covers and binderposts.
I've answered this one before. In 2000 the three zeros in the date required either more space between the neck and the rim or the font size would...
You might want to be careful doing that. If you declare a value of just $20 or less on a higher value item, you might find that if it goes...
Actually I believe lye (Sodium Hydroxide) is more corrosive (stronger base) than Potassium Hydroxide. But even more important is the...
Looks like I might be due $3. I don't think I'm going to bother.
Yes, and back in the days of bodybags you would see sellers posting coins with the bodybag label and claiming it was "certified MS by NGC" because...
They did that because at the time the cent, if it was to contain nearly 1 cents worth of copper, would have weighed 264 grains. It would have...
But was it a 1956-D cubraabra?
Doesn't look like an early electro, more like a modern copy.
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