Large pictures of all three 1820/19 overdates [IMG] N-1 The 1 shows strong under the center of the 2 the 9 hardly shows at all [IMG] N-2 The 1...
One of the first things I look for on an 1804 is the low berry and long nearly horizontal stem to the right of the E in ONE. And I agree about...
Just goes to show that old redbooks are good for something. :)
You quoted the wrong law. Intent to commit fraud is not needed. Title 18 chapter 25 Section 475 § 475. Imitating obligations or securities;...
A dropped letter that showed on the edge would not be created in the edge lettering machine. It would come from the dropped letter being caught...
It IS possible. A Glob of something falls on the die and fills details and several letters on the die at the same time. Now these filled...
Two of them. Little half Sisters by Roger Cohen, and Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793 - 1857 by Walter Breen. Both are excellent...
Yep Marshall is correct this is the 1820/19 small overdate. As he said there are three different overdates this year with two of them being very...
Bingo, Doug has it exactly right. because for them it is legal and for us it is not.
This was an error on their part. The eagle has always faced to its right and the olive branch has always been in the eagles right talon on the...
Just remember that 30 years ago is five years before the "standardized" grading of PCGS and NGC. So grades of coins during those first five years...
There are at least one A guide book of modern United States proof coin sets: silver and clad sets, 1936 to date costs about $14
I wouldn't be hesitant at all considering there is no 1921-S mercury dime.
Yes they were in a coin collectors starter kit and they are based on the PCGS 5 generation slab. They came out around 1995.
Not quite right. The weight was based on the a value of silver of $1.29 an ounce which was about the value in 1873. After that time the value of...
I would expect a cent on a silver dime planchet would be several hundred dollars but I don't think it would reach the $1K level.
Considering he doesn't know that PCI no longer exists I would find his advice questionable. PCI closed down in late 2008. David Lawrence Rare...
Denis's 1793 are the last of his Early dates. Denis was the fourth person to complete the Sheldon numbered varieties but his collection was...
Not always, sometimes the die is changed or the die can rotate before or after the clash so a clash does not always relate to the position of the...
I'd go with the feed finger damage as well.
Separate names with a comma.
