Thanks for bringing this thread back up. It allowed me to add images of two more dies to my attribution guide. I now have images of all six obv...
If they are off in the same direction AND part of the design is off the edge of the coin (missing) THEN it is an offcenter. Although it is...
It's a counterfeit. Check out the denticals at 3:00 on the reverse.
ANACS has graded problem coins for ages. Years ago they used to give them a details grade and a net grade that took the problems into account....
Until it leaves the country. Then it is at the mercy and regulations of the local countries postal services which may not always be trustworthy....
Sorry I'm not much of a conversationalist and I process a LOT of forum threads on different websites each day. Someone asks a question, I answer...
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It shows up in numismatic literature auctions frequently and it is not expensive because it is recent. Oh sorry you meant is it available for a...
The 1803 is a large fraction reverse that narrows it down to 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, and 265. The gap between the ends of the wreath is below the...
Walter Breen Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents 1793 - 1814 Personally one of my favorites is either the 1986 Robinson S Brown or the 1989...
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Article probably doesn't say anything about halves because it was from 1968 and the half dollars, although clad, were still made of silver. While...
The reason the 1999-P was not included in the proof set was because they hadn't struck any SBA's since 1981. The Sac dollar was coming out in...
Attribution is wrong, this is a 254 R-2
Back in the late 60's they did have a couple high speed sorting machines that separated out the clad from the silver. They shut them down in the...
Yes, in 1857 the high price of copper caused them to make the cents smaller. I collect the big ones. There is more of that valuable copper in...
How would you know it means 1993 and not 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73, 83, or 03? I know there have been different shank styles to the dies over...
Who said BIN prices have to be justified? The seller can ask whatever he wants. If the buyers don't agree then he won't make a sale. In this...
They are on the EAC website www.eacs.org At the bottom of the homepage is a link to a jpg of the prices realized.
I don't KNOW which is "correct" but I prefer the first method. Determining the area is much more difficult, and to me the term off-center seems...
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