I'd probably get a copy of Noyes if I didn't have to buy it as a set with the middle date book. I tend to prefer Wright's The Cent Book for the...
Verdegris is a corrosion product of copper, usually copper carbonate or copper chloride, sometimes copper acetate. What is seen on coins is...
I don't need a slab to assure me what the grade of my coin is either.
If the seller is legitimate, I wonder what he thinks of his retirement investment now. Yes it is still a good return on his investment(7% per...
I'm not sure but I think it's the same die as well. To strike almost 28 million coins there should be a lot more than two dies. More like 140 to...
I've lost the library once and rebuilt that. If I lost my whole collection I would probably collect again, but probably not the same way.
Thought of another one, but it might have been stolen rather than just disappeared. A 1902 proof V nickel. Vanished some thirty years ago. So...
Actually that more closely resembles Frank Gasparro's obverse design for the small dollar (that was later dumped for SBA).
Sure, you married her precious baby girl so by definition you can't be good enough for her because no one could be good enough. You also replaced...
Improperly spaced lettered edge rare on the Presidential??? I considered it to be common enough to not be considered an error.
The Sheldon book is very good, but if you decide to buy a copy DO NOT buy the 1990 edition (either first or second printing) The plates in it are...
How did it make it into a slab? If you will notice it is in a genuine slab, not a graded slab. The coin is genuine with PMD but since it is...
What I think is interesting is that davidh's non-proof and robec's proof are from the same reverse die. So is the one shown on the diagnostics...
Nope. On the WAM the M is evenly spaced between the A and the E. Even in these blurry pictures it is clear that it is noticably closer to the A.
I had a 1938 proof set disappear for about six years once, then one day there it was again sitting there on the shelf. On the other hand I've...
You folks are missing the original question. The question, paraphrased, is can a law be passed requiring vendors to accept a coin or mass of...
In order for the ebay protection to be in force the package has to be sent with delivery confirmation if the value is less than $250, or signature...
For you and me I don't think they will. For a large bulk submitter offering them extra money to do so, sure they will. Special labels, pieces...
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Don't forget PCGS saying they would NEVER put a problem coin in a PCGS slab. I think "never" in the TPG dictionary means "Something that will not...
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