And it wasn't a grading system, it was a pricing system. The numbers had absolutely no meaning until you had determined an accurate grade for the...
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I don't see anything in the witness appeal that wasn't in the first (non) "report".
Looks like a plating bubble.
From your description they are not really errors, more like die stages, except for the lamination, that's is and error. Other than that it sounds...
Decent coin, I like it for that price. N-10 R-1
In 2006 the mint conducted surveys judging the collectors point of view on the Proposed Presidential dollar series. One of the options was to...
I don't need to break the encryption, I just have to record the signal and program my chip to broadcast that same signal. I don't have to know...
The problem is they haven't really publicized it at all. The report basically boils down to "Some coins were stolen, so if you see any coins be...
Many sample slabs are common, some are quite rare. I have heard rumors of a Sample Regency slab. I would think if it does ever surface it could...
The better picture in post 16 has me stongly leaning toward a void in the planchet at the time of striking. It doesn't look like a hit and smooth...
I haven't studied 1977 cents, I would need to see an example of a normal 77 cent next to it. Since all the dies come from the same master hub,...
Another possiblity is a flaw in the planchet prestrike that wasn't wiped out fully. From the pictures I just can't tell what it is for sure.
I would have thought the price was even lower by then as the mint in the late 1860's and early 1870s was seriously considering making the half...
NGC uses the term Edge-View for their slabs and they do show the edge much better than the PCGS version (I'm not sure what they call theirs, the...
The problem is that the key to identifying a non-plated cent is original surfaces and undisturbed luster. Once a piece enters circulatio the...
It's a Chinese 1 cash coin of the Emperor Kao Tsung 1736 - 1795 Reign title Chien Lung struck by the Peking Board of Revenue or Hupu mint. Looks...
Don't knock it, sample slabs can be very collectible, and in some cases expensive.
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And if I can record what the rfid chip from a genuine slab emits and then program the chip I put in my fake slab to emit the same thing, you are...
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