Not when you are dealing with materials that have melting points of 1500 degrees or more.
No you can't blame them for ALL the thefts. Just because we now have TSA agents you can't say that baggage handlers are now blameless for thefts....
First the "Gem Uncirculated" pieces are not from PCGS. They are from the parent company Collectors Universe and they simply used PCGS shells....
I like that middle picture. It looks like there is a giant eyeball looking down on them.
Ebay says that but there are people out there that have dozens if not hundreds of retractions on their record and eBay does nothing about them....
I think it has been struck through a wire rim or fin that has broken off another coin (or maybe even this coin between strikes) This coin still...
I still don't care for the coin, but I do like it better in the Royal Mint's case.
That may be true, but I'm not aware of seated halves being one of those series. And you notice that Heritage makes no mention of the problem...
I am underwhelmed.
You really can't blame the TSA for missing laptops and ipads. Small valuable items were disappearing from checked baggage long before they got...
If he is going to include the ASE he should also include the gold and platinum eagles along with their fractions.
Can't tell. Could be a scratch, could be a slight die gouge. The way it is reacting to the lighting it looks like it could be a raised feature.
10 inch or 14 inch double row boxes? If you jam them in there you can get 200 coins in a 14 inch double row box. So 10 14 inch boxes all jammed...
Now, now, he said it couldn't happen, so they aren't "stolen", they are just "missing". :)
If both the PCGS and SEGS coins were the same price, from the images I would much rather have the SEGS coin. Considering the SEGS coin is less...
The crack is just that a die crack. The die is possibly chipping a bit at the edge of the crack causing the lump. The line is what most of us...
The coin does have die chipping in LIBERTY but everything else is damage.
One thing about 19lyds write up, the planchets are NOT hot when they are struck and are not really more vulnerable to dings right after striking...
Blow up the image and you will see that they are just dots that are disconnected from the rim. You don't see that on real coins, the denticals...
OK for starters I do see the hair curl that tells me it is type 2 hair so it is 1798 or later. Next one of my favorite things to look at it is...
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