Just thought of another one. US 1992 D Olympic dollar has XXV OLYMPIAD on the edge four times.
Right click the picture and open in a new tab. then click that picture to see it full size. It fills the screen and is very clear and in focus....
SF Lincoln memorial cents were made for circulation,and actually circulated, from 1968 to 1974. All S mint cents since that time have been proof...
It can be very questionable to compare mintmark style and position to try and determine authenticity (especially from a different year) because...
ICG will slab them, but I don't know if they will "authenticate" them. As for an expert on the Hennings, there is one on one of the forums, I...
I don't think they used worn proof dies with the type B reverse to strike business strikes. More likely they used dies that had been hubbed with...
Google "hobby of Kings". While there are some references to stamp collecting in the first 12 pages of results there is no reference to horse...
The US bust dollars 1794 - 1803 also have edge inscriptions.
Not correct Henning had several different rev dies and only one had the "looped R". 1944 Hennings come with and without the looped R. The looped...
But coin collecting is the hobby of Kings.
The "p"'s instead of "R"'s is from the leg of the R chipping off of the edge die. These coins have the edge lettered before striking. (Done...
19th century sometimes, 20th century rarely if ever.
Don't have a Yap stone yet but if I find one I'm ready.
If I give you my BEST price and you counter, I put the item back in the case. If you still want it the price is now higher than my "best price"....
And if you want to sell just some of your PM you can, you don't have to find a buyer for the whole lot. If I want $200 I can sell one 10 bar of...
Looks like struck through a flake of metal.
Yes but in your case the clad layer was missing before striking. In the case of the OP dime the clad layer was present during striking and either...
It is a world coin. At the time that coin was issued Hawaii was a Kingdom, an independent country. The coins were struck under contract between...
Exactly. Ebay says you are covered if the buyer does not receive it, but the records from the PO show it was delivered and received. If the...
Or the 8 inch disks those were hard to lose. Of course they were also annoying to carry, easy to damage, and later once they became obsolete hard...
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