It has happened. There have also been cases of them coming back bodybagged for PVC (There is no PVC in the mint packaging), there was even one...
Dang 46 years studying coins and 40 years as a collector and I'm still not a real coin guy? How long is it going to take! :)
Go with the NC-5. There are a half dozen to a dozen or so unique large cents, but Dan Holmes was able to acquire all of them except the 93 NC-5....
Great subject. I don't have the Brazil or Japanese pieces yet, and I am still missing one Palo Seco and one Cabo Blanco. I think there are two...
Walter had been arrested for child molestation once before. As part of a plea bargin the family did not prosecute but Breen was placed on...
Nope they never actually tried to discontinue the note. As far as I know no legislation to eliminate the note was ever submitted until this year.
If that was the case the detail of the top of the head would be missing or show evidence of the metal removal there. I would agree with Lon that...
Post mint damage.
Look on the reverse below the 5 of 50 where the crown meets the shield. There is a punchmark there where something has been punched into the...
If you don't want to submit the whole set, cut the cellophane through the seals and submit the coin still in the cellophane. Take pictures just in...
It means "Go stand on your head!" :)
No 1858 has small and large letter varieties not date varieties. 1857 only has one size date as well. I think the FE is probably genuine, but...
While Breen was beaten in prison and thrown down a stairway, he did survive that and afterward was not kept with the general population. He did...
NCI started in late 1984 and went out of business around 1990, INS began around 1975 I think and is a bit more questionable. It seems to have...
Actually the banks used the capped bust halves because they stopped making dollars in 1804. There were no dollars for the banks to use. During...
No it wont, but if there is something on the coin that is causing the toning the acetone dip may stop it from progressing.
Buy your coins already slabbed so you don't have to pay grading fees. Especially since slabbed supposedly don't sell for that much more than...
Yes, if you aren't chasing the "minor" varieties that is all of them.
Before 1858 you kind of had to know someone in the mint to get proof coins. Starting in 1858 they began selling prrof coins to the general...
OK so it is well struck. That would tend to make missing clad layers unlikely. Once again the most likely explanation is going to be...
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