What does the other side look like?
Take a look at the Barber quarter, half, and standing Liberty quarter. Those are the expensive coins in the set. Determine the highest grade for...
You have to remember that a cent, being one hundredth of the basic unit was a new concept to people back then who were used to reckoning in...
Lots of steel plants in Ohio. He can point to the bill and say "Well I tried."
Polished business strike. Strike quality isn't good enough for a proof. And at least we are consistent, no one here seems to think it's a...
But we would make even more money if we stopped making the ones that we are losing our shirts on. But this bill doesn't do that, it keeps the...
No there are a fair number of errors in the order on that site For example all of his PCGS 4's come before his PCGS 3, his PCGS 5.3 and 5.4 are...
When you get there find Bob Grellman, he wrote the book on the late dates and he does attributions for $1 per coin.
Movie theater? Nah probably be even higher there.
Well it has a 17 character barcode so it is before April of 2000. It does have a barcode so it is after late 1990. I can't see the ANACS logos...
It was "2 out of 3 ain't bad." :)
Is there anything visible on the other side? Both posted pictures are of the same side.
At the time only gold and silver were considered to be "real money" and they were the only things considered worthy to be legal tender. (And at...
When the bronze indianheads were introduced the cents were given legal tender status up to 10 cents. Whether that gave the earlier cents limited...
From the first post it seems the dealers were able to pack the line that first day and skim off most of the coins. (and probably figured they...
I know of the 1824 counterstamps, but I have to admit I've never really seen them so I can't say if that is the Lafayette counterstamp or not. I...
I used to get them a lot as well, spoofs from ebay as well. But like Mark I haven't received one for years now.
Nic-a-Date can leave a dark splotch in the date area if they only treat that spot (which is what most people do). Raising the date using a...
One thing that Tom didn't mention was that the ANA board initially only approved the grading service as an experiment to last six months. Like he...
Absolutely not, unless you collect modern counterfeits.
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