Sure halves are way smaller than Ikes, but how old was your cashier? Chances are good that he has seen darn few halves and may have never seen a...
Maybe he's a Chippendale's dancer.
It can always be conserved, but conservation doesn't mean that it will actually be improved, or that will become "problem free" gradable.
The article says that professionals would get 18 out of 20 right, but back when PCGS did their World series of grading the winner in the dealer...
Cotton lined 2X2 paper envelopes in 14 inch double row boxes. Stripes Lomond
No it is not. Something has flattened the rims post mint. Not sure what, possibly it was once in an encasement.
According to the ANA their membership runs about 32:1 male to female
Breen does mention several different edge types on the 1797 cents but I have never seen them except the occasional example on a high grade coin...
No guarantees from the small images but I do think it looks polished, especially the image of the reverse.
No the strawberries are genuine mint products. They have been punch linked to other varieties and the edge dies used are also identical to those...
And if it hadn't come from NCS but instead had been directly submitted looking like that it would have been detail graded for either environmental...
Only advantages would be possibly lower shipping cost because there would be more coins in the package to split the cost between. Of course on...
And to a LOT of people an SVDB cent is only something to be used to help pay the sales tax on a purchase. A 16-D dime can be sold for scrap to a...
I have paid over $100 for contemporary counterfeit Conder halfpenny tokens. Machins Mills produced counterfeit British half pennies and those can...
Small correction to what Doug had to say. ANACS started authenticating in 1972 not grading. Grading did not begin until 1979. And they were not...
Post office. It can be insured, and if you want maximum safety send it registered. FedEx does not insure coins. Also I don't believe PCGS slabs...
Back when PCGS and NGC first started wait times of 4 to 6 months were sometimes encountered. The all time record though was probably held by a...
Only the satin finish coins from the 2005 - 2010 sets will come back as SP.
They have only used those holders for special things like the First Day of Issue stuff and the only place you normally see them is on one or two...
I don't think it was an accidental hit. I think someone has been playing with it.
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