I say PMD.
How accurate is his meter? I ask because 22 KT is too high for a genuine US coin. 22 KT is .9166 fine. Even if the metal content is correct...
I think the mint is desperate to expand their numismatic and bullion programs because they are going to need as much profit from them as possible....
When you have played with a lot of early and middle date cents it doesn't look all that good. It has been said, and it is true, that the best way...
Well even back in the 40's the real ones would still sell for about the annual wage for the average working man. If they could pass one for that...
What does the 25/3 grade? When you say CDN XF bid I assume you mean type coin money? If so and the coin is anywhere close to XF and you can...
One thing you have to remember when you are looking at the spiked chin is that it come on four different varieties C-5,6,7,and 8 Rarity...
And I apologize for overreacting, I'm sorry.
No that is the definition of Expensive.
Could be plated (Yes they do look normal), could be an altered date, or could be an outright fake. And yes they have been making fake 43 copper...
Eliasberg used A Catalog of United States Coins by Wayte Raymond, not the Redbook.
And until about 2005 the only guarantee they had in writing was for grading, not authenticity. Who are you to tell someone what he should or...
1822 Half eagle 3 known 1853-0 no arrows half three known I wouldn't be surprised if the 1796 and 97 half dollars fall into that catagory And of...
1.Pitman act of 1918. No they didn't record dates and mints. 2. Yes 3. It was known to be in the workssince around 1963 the act that officially...
As I read the article the bill would make gold and silver COINS legal tender. now since the state doesn't have any coins of their own and legally...
Yeah, George Washington but he's dead.
A coin that is R-5 or higher. R-5 means there are 31 to 75 pieces known, and it is where the word Rare first appears on the Sheldon rarity scale....
Hard to say the pictures are too small. It could be a die crack, but die cracks that are wholly contained inside the die are unusual. Another...
Maybe not, after all do you see newspapers or magazines with just one ad in them? How about something like coin world where there are a great...
No, large cents were equivalent to British half pennies.
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