I use a hammer for putting coins in that type of folder as well. I just put the coin in the hole, then putt a couple sheets of paper over the...
One of the quickest things to look at is the spike by the right edge of the E in LIBERTY. If the spike just comes up to the top edge of the...
I think it is because most collectors pay more attention to the obverses. They are studied more while the reverses are often just given a cursory...
If it was a modern coin we would be calling it a dryer coin, a coin that gets caught in the fins of a commercial dryer and from the hundreds of...
Of course they won't. If they paid retail there would be no room in the coin for them to make a profit.
I think you will find that his "420 grains 900 fine" comment was made because that is what the coin says on it. Yep definitely sounds like a box...
Several reasons. As mentioned the country was in the midst of a major coin shortage and it didn't make much sense to strike 45 million silver...
They stopped making it? When?
Coins do have a tolerance range. The range for the cent is about +/- .1 gram so anything from 2.4 to 2.6 is within tolerance.
No it was slabbed after November of 2005 (That was when they dropped the coin and series numbers on the front label). The PCGS slab has not...
TomB has part of the answer. In the early 60's silver rose in price to the point where the value of the metal in the coins threatened to rise...
What it is is a case of the TPG quietly changing their standards. In the beginning they said they would not put cleaned or dipped coins in their...
I like Liberty is a Grand Slam, I think it will work well with the concave surfaces of the coin. Several of the designs were done keeping that...
Yes it is a 12/1, the O-102 variety, R-2.
On the 95 I see PMD on the ear. i don't see any 2 on the neck and I don't see a D by the TY on the 83
Another good identifying feature that can be used even on HEAVILY worn coin is the leaf cluster below GOD (or where GOD would be). Look at the...
I would disagree with that. I was a Littleton customer for several years back when I started. Coins received, especially US coins were...
If they are selling fakes and using a Canada address it should be a lot easier to get them shut down since selling fakes or copies, even marked...
I will agree on the tupperware not needing ziplocs, but safes tend to be way too air permeable and will fairly quickly saturate the gel you put in...
Looks like die state IV. it has the crack from the rim down through the tight arm of T3 to the wreath, but I don't see the obverse crack from the...
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