He also has a 250th anniversary birth coin, the 1982 Washington half dollar. The Lafayete dollar is technically the only undated US coin. The...
He and his partner started buying them early for a small premium (a quarter I believe) just as a novelty. They quickly amassed a fishbowl full of...
Only inappropriate if it is an auction YOU are running.
ANACS and ICG used to give free verbal opinions, I don't know if they do anymore. As a general rule PCGS and NGC do not give opinions and one...
Weight, pictures of front and back, is the diameter the same as a regular cent? Most "thin" cents seen are the result of being soaked for an...
Didn't even look at the coin, the slab is fake.
Probably the reason they don't allow pre-1800 coins in the 7070 registry is because the Dansco 7070 didn't include any pre 1800 types. (Although...
Definitely looks like a contemporary counterfeit. They do have some value, Probably in the $10 to $15 range. Not for the gold counterfeits, they...
Your #1 and #2 combined. It was hyped early on, frankly as soon as it showed up, and it was an easy coin to identify. The hype and promotion was...
At one time I had two copies of the half dime VIM. Loaned on copy to another collector, new saw it again.
And this was the correct interpretation, the authorizations clearly states "shall mint prior to July 4th 1975 for issuance on or after that date,...
But photoshop isn't free (in fact now they charge a monthly rental fee for the most recent version of the program, you don't own it.) but Gimp...
Chia pets may have gone the way of the pet rock, but they are still available.
Several people have made reference to the 1922 proof high relief, but they also struck 35,000 high relief business strikes as well. Only one of...
Yes, for all practical purposes that book is useless.
Other semi-keys would be the 1864-L and the 1872 All of the 1870's are a little better and some of the late 1860's as well.
AT through the application of heat. Toned coins sell for big bucks. :)
Coins toward the center of the bag can remain untoned because the outer coins have already consumed the reactive gasses entering the bag.
People spend a lot more than that for an opinion on the grade of their coin from a TPG, and that is all the grade is, an opinion.
Locally produced souvenir medal, probably of very little value.
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