Maybe watch for them on the TV hucksters. Silvertowne supplies at least one of them. If they were getting a glut of the medals in stock they may...
Probably poor sales.
Whether it was caused by crimping fingers or not really doesn't matter. Whatever caused it it is still post mint damage.
Yes I do see a slight differences between those two coins. Now we need to see several examples from each mint produced over a period of time to...
Until about 1997 all the dies were made in Philadelphia. Possibly it is the extra "inspections" that the dies received while the mintmarks were...
The last piece on Cheetah Cats list, the Breen 1224 should be dropped from the list. It has a different reverse die with Liverpool Halfpenny and...
I have to admit when I first looked at your picture I was sure it was a scratch. But when I blew the picture all the way up I have to admit it...
I don't assume that. I KNOW there are still some very high end coins out there in old collections etc that are waiting to be discovered. But it...
It's comments like that that make me glad I never married.
I seem to be one of the few people who find reverse proofs incredibly ugly.
Gone!
Notice how the OP coin and the replica are not made from the same obv hub. The detail on the headband is dull and you can see pitting is because...
On the WAM the M will appear to be evenly spaced between the A and the E. On yours it is obviously closer to the A than the E.
It is almost certainly a grease filled die. The L would have definitely have been on the original model so it would have been on the master hub....
Conder token from Middlesex, D&H 1050 or 1050a depending on the edge inscription. It is most likely the 1050. And Beef1020, it's copper. These...
No they can require you to give some evidence that the Pine cone was worth $10,000, but the OP can do that with his coins.
[ATTACH][ATTACH] The image on the right is a PCGS VF-20. It is a little higher grade than the ebay coin in question (Note the stronger rounded...
You do NOT have to be an ANA member to attend the seminar or take the correspondence course, but you will have to pay more than an ANA member...
Also the early OGH ended 16 years ago and the new OGH ended 12 years ago. Most of the coins in these holders that had upgrade potential have...
True, back in the late 80's MS-65 WAS the investor coin. Why? Because there were no coins, or almost no coins, graded higher than 65. For quite...
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