But can you actually buy them at that price?
Copper plated first then the edge is upset.
The slab label, if it can be believed, indicates that the second strike was a broadstrike without the collar. Personally I agree with igrade, it...
Don't know the variety, would want better pictures, but it is an 1802.
And that $13 to $15 for BU rolls is the retail price not the wholesale price you would want to pay for them.
It's a nice story, and the part about the plating of the nickels to pass them as half eagles is true, but the part about Josh Tatum is not. There...
Yes, the Civil War. The war caused all the prescious metal coinage to either be melted, exported, or hoarded so why produce a lot of coins that...
I'm fairly sure that is a copy of Ding. The copies of Coole that I have seen had his name in english on them. If I had my copy of Fisher-Ding...
There were between 29 and 36 of the gold ones made, 12 were flown on the Sally Ride Shuttle mission, first woman astronaut, they were displayed...
I don't believe NGC sells their boxes anymore. Since they tend to hold any of the major TPG slabs they tend to be the preferred box. I would...
Amazon has two sellers with new copies at about $30 plus $4 shipping...
Since he said the USED to be wrapped in a copper band, I would assume what his LCS has are piece where the outer ring has either been cut away or...
Yep, collar clash. The portion of the die that makes the top flat part of the rim clashed with the edge of the collar leaving a mark that shows...
Postal scales won't do. They are only accurate to a tenth of an OZ or about 2.8 grams. True but they will only cost you a couple of cents to...
You keep them until you understand them, then you use them to teach others.
my first thought is post mint damage.
It may not be from another country, Some one had a couple of thse awhile back that didn't match any known coin that the mint had done for another...
Still a good thread, shows how several people analyze the coin, our thought processes, and that we can have a civil disagreement.
You don't show anything but the rebound spine of the books so I can't tell much about those, but I suspect it might be a copy of Ding, less likely...
The photos aren't very good but I'm fairly sure they are both fakes. Better images would help. The facial features of Liberty do not look right...
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