I think you are looking at a coin struck from a cast counterfeit DIE. The die was cast and bubbles in the casting of the die left voids in the...
That $253 figure was for a S-77 which is an R-4 coin, much scarcer than the other two which were both S-78's R-1. Or NC-3. The high ONE CENT...
See next to last sentence in post #8
Grading scale for Proofs PF-60 Well it's a proof and that's about all we can say for it' PF-61 has a few less marks than a 60. PF-62 has a few...
That's true, so banks LOVE that inactivity fee. There have been many people who have had entire savings account completely wiped out by those...
Unless you let it soak for an hour or two you should probably still see the mirrors. It isn't that strong an acid. As Doug said though, don't...
It would cut materials cost to 40% but the overall cost would still exceed the face value and every coin produced would be at a loss. In fact the...
Those four corner circles are still on the current slabs as well. Sometimes they show clearly sometimes they don't. This slab purports to be a...
Great Britain also struck silver half penny pieces as well. I don't believe they ever did silver farthings though. In 1257 Henry III also struck...
OK now with the picture I think we can tell you what it means. It is a dealers cost code that told the dealer what he paid for the coin.
The vast majority of the collectors who put together sets of these did it from pocket change. Once it was done so were they. Many of them...
1800 B-17 R-1 Not a rare variety but a nice coin. Looks to still have tape residue on the coin. Could probably be improved with a treatment in...
If you don't want to fool with banks or paypal then your safest bet would be to send postal money orders. They cost a small amount but they are...
It's a 25 cent junk box piece Taiwan 1 Yuan KM536 made of coppernickel zinc. Catalog value is fifty cents in unc.
Hundredth of a gram would be nice but tenth of a gram will be good enough to confirm it is NOT aluminum. A plated copper cent will weigh 3.1...
Most varieties you have to pay extra for. Some major ones you may not have to. The only way to know for sure would be to give them a call and...
Doug you are not a collector, serious or oitherwise. You are a numismatist. That's not a collector either, that is an accumulator. A collector...
Genuine coin, S-57 R-1 As for the "5", the coin is corroded and your eye is picking up on on worn and therefore lighter areas and your mind is...
That is the official line but probably not accurate considering vending machines coin mechanisms back then were strictly mechanical and didn't...
Yep just a year set not a mint set. With shipping this was $23. There is a real 1964 mint set (P & D) on ebay at the moment ending in 22 hrs...
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