The planchets for the early half cents, large cents half dollars and dollars were all lettered as a separate step before striking. They would...
It can also come from heat as well. And this one is scary good but it is a fake (or a previously unknown variety which is EXTREMELY unlikely.)...
It probably won't be a hard sell, it just won't sell for a premium price because it is a combination of two rarities. The counterstamp collector...
They sold the tokens for use on the busses and they also sold sets for collectors. I seem to recall there was one error token, but I can't recall...
If you picked them up for face value in 1950 that's a 10% per annum rate of return which isn't bad. But if you picked them up at just about any...
Jesus Christ Kind of hard for George to do considering he died in 1799. Now Jefferson could do it for you since he lived til 1826, and the Mint...
It is an opinion based on his interpretation of the MRI images, educated guidance, and years of experience. But it is still an opinion. And...
Those tokens were for fares on the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) busses. They were Transist tokens. They issued a set of...
From what I see it DOES look like a CAM. The M does not appear to be centered between the A and E. It looks decidedly offset toward the A....
The question would be where were the Philippines planchets made? Philadelphia? Denver? or an outside supplier? And if from an outside supplier...
I would not be surprised to see it bring less, possibly significantly less than what an undamaged Huge O would sell for. Something like this is...
1851 was the highest mintage year. As mentioned most of those later years were only in the 2 - 6 million range. 1857 was only 333,000. And The...
Neither are TPG grades, they are also just subjective interpretations. All grading is subjective. And all written grading "standards" are simply...
You assume I didn't expect the outcome that occurred. I did because there was never any doubt that the Norfeds are in violation of US Code Title...
The only plated coins likely to retain their value are coins that were ISSUED by their mint that way. Say a 1995 DDO copper PLATED zinc cent, or...
I think you would be doing a lot better to just use the $2600 to but some nice Lincolns for your book and forget this deal. What I see is a...
They've been showing Tarnex commercials with them dipping a coin half way in it and claiming that "coin collectors will love it too" for at least...
Shadows still seem to say the marks are incuse, even in the later pictures. For example in the last picture, the right hand side of the letters,...
This was a nice scam back in 1999. When the proof sets first came out there were a bunch of reports of "error" set missing one quarter and having...
Amazing the SS and the government consider the Liberty dollars counterfeit and even argued in court that they looked so much like US coins that...
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