Forget the position (which can change since the dates are punched in by hand) notice that the 1858 date is straight while the 1859 is curved...
Been collecting the early dates for almost 30 years now. The Draped Bust are my favorites and I have 184 of the 187 Sheldon numbered varieties...
Don't know if it is glue, but it is some kind of foreign substance on the coin.
I doubt there will be any "Tasteful designs" because, even though the Sec of the Treasury can change the designs, they would feel they had to get...
"Ebay - Did I do Good?" Yes, I know grammatically it should be Did I do Well?
They've done enough surveying that they know there is an interest so I'm fairly sure they will have a special Kennedy set. But they have the...
The OP probably didn't need to be edited. It was attributed to source, and only brief excerpts were used so it should fall under "Fair Use". If...
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No way that is real.
By making them of coin silver they would be harder to spot and more readily accepted. Cost was not really that much of an issue because by that...
I did. (guess I'm a nobody.)
How much lighter? What is the actual weight?
Not really, almost every fake PCGS and fake NGC slab has a legitimate serial number. You would probably run across more database errors where a...
Since when do the Chinese ask for volunteers? :)
Another way of solving the screw problem is to replace the nylon screws with aluminum binder posts.
That is a legitimate concern. Consider that back in 1969 there were fake 1969 DDO cents discovered and the SS started confiscating them. They...
Clinking on"Report item" in the auction does little good. The report goes to the end of the line and they will get to it eventually, usually long...
I think he means that in the new holder you lose the GSA box etc which you don't with the NGC band.
The "official" inflation rate has been running around 3% per year (The real rate is even higher) and the inflation rate compounds so after one...
One. That's one reason the coin is fairly easy to authenticate. Only one position for the date and the rabbit ears die chip in the R of LIBERTY.
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