As I have mentioned before, I have been collecting for over 40 years now. During that time I have been a member of several clubs and over those...
Unless someone steals another batch of them.
Looks like a grease fill. It is an error but a very minor one.
From 1968, possibly late 1967, through about 1971 all of the dimes, quarters, and halves that were surplus at the banks and were shipped back tot...
Are you absolutely sure it is a 95? At the moment i can't see enough to rule out the 96's i can rule out some of the varieties but not all of...
This is PMD from a "false die" double striking. Normal coin coin is placed on a hard surface and a brass plate put on top. Hit hard. This...
Why? There are whole industries out there built on making money on death. Interesting, almost none of the items are available in the store....
I have no qualms about carrying cash up to several thousand dollars, but I just have no reason to do so. I seldom find anything to buy and when I...
There was a grading service in Australia (CGA Coin Grading Australia) back around 2004 which issued some sample slabs to introduce themselves to...
Nothing about the neck area jumps out at me as unusual.
I think they are usually stolen, and the owners can't be traced, or in some cases purchased with drug proceeds and therefor forfeited.
My experience has been the opposite. Every collector I've known with $1M+ collections have been serious scholars. Of course I've never known a...
And even if they aren't bogus you will find that often you won't get any better prices than at an "estate" auction where there always seem to be...
Some people seems to feel that ANYTHING other than a PCGS or NGC slabbed coin is the equivalent of a basement slabber product. And the way they...
If you aren't trying for super high end graded coins, or varieties the most expensive piece will be the 73-S 40% silver proof. And it is not a...
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Of course an unmarked item like this could be heavily plated which means you would have to do some serious cutting into the bar to get past any...
I am unaware of any silver or base metal Morman coins. They would have been unlikely to have struck any coins before they moved to Utah because...
My AV flags the site as possibly malicious so I can't see the picture.
The Mehl catalogs were his BUYING prices not his selling prices. Even in the 1930's the 1885 trade dollar was worth a lot more than $100 (but Mehl...
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