Personal opinion, best book on the series is the Pollock book. Unfortunately it is getting somewhat dated and I don't expect to see a second...
It's a great book that has a few photo errors, but it covers the Sheldon varieties not the Newcomb varieties. My personal preference on the...
Even if you don't want the extra 2's for the $8 or the $6 you still don't need more than a single dollar coin.
They are most likely authentic, and I think they are really neat. As coins they are severely damaged or ruined. As a piece of contemporary...
Because if they do you wind up with coin designs that are uncoinable. Today's coins are struck so fast they HAVE to be in very low flat relief...
Let's see I've gotten a fake Jefferson nickel and a fake Washington quarter I guess we better stop making nickels and quarters too. The fake Sac...
The photos aren't good enough to tell for sure but I strongly suspect from what I see that it IS a cracked planchet.
It would have to be a REALLY weak strike for the AW not to show for that reason. In fact nothing else would show either. the AW is incuse on the...
Until 1992 all cents, both proof and business strike had Wide AM's (WAM) In 1993 they made a change in the hubs and all cents that year were...
You might also put some silica gel in the ziplock as well and store it in a cool temperature controlled area. Toning requires moisture to proceed...
There was a major coin shortage in the country in the early 60's. The government blamed coin collectors and the idea was that if there were no...
The first certification service was ANACS founded in 1970 and opened for business in April 1972. I did list the GSA and Paramount/Redfield slabs...
Which tells us that there are probably well less than 2 million collectors out there.
They wanted to have a press release for their new changer and had to whip up something to point to even if it wasn't really new. Haven't you seen...
All 7 pieces are fakes. Sorry.
Who would have thought sample slabs would have been a good investment back then. $5 to $81, an 1800% return on investment in 10 years. Or about...
The question as to whether or not the gold is in Fort Knox is impossible to answer. Those who think it is gone are not going to be satisfied by...
So he posts in that thread linking to this one.
I think by "a couple of bucks" he meant "It wasn't cheap." Of course it he bought it awhile back it might have been just a couple of bucks. I...
What does it weigh? If the weight is normal it may just be an internally flawed planchet, also known as a "dumb" planchet.
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