One of the distributors had his sets packaged as Genuine by PCGS, and a lot of them have been slabbed by PCGS and NGC, but that is the packaging...
Let me know when it finishes turning brown.
I think it is quite nice. A couple of light spots maybe, but a clouded appearance? Most of these thing have that ugly blue haze over the whole...
Originally ANACS did mean American Numismatic Association Certification Service, and it was owned by the ANA. But the ANA sold the company to...
I'd start with an extended soak in distilled water. If that didn't work, then I would move on to a soak in acetone. (Except for steel cents,...
Yes, die breaks will usually command a premium. Die cracks on the other hand usually will not.
Have you ever really looked closely at the PCGS slab? On a great many coin the clear "rubber" insert wraps over the rim and obscures MOST of it....
Except the refiners have customers that need or want 999 fine bars and the coins are readily available scrap stock. I think you will find that a...
Maybe a quarter and that's full retail. It would be common to find a coin like this in poundage, that's a bulk lot of mixed foreign coins that...
I see nothing that looks like the known overdate.
No real premium. There is a very common die variety in 1864 that almost always comes with a 180 degree rotation. I'm thinking somewhere between 5...
All three.
Have you checked to see if Google has a cashed version of their site showing the guarantee before they altered it? Just something that might...
Palestine 5 Mils 1927 KM 3 Copper-nickel 20 mm diameter. Value in Fine $0.75 Your coin would not make Fine. With a value that low the chances...
The Soviet and the "fatman" are fakes. I suspect some of the others are as well.
Why do they keep striking them? Because they make a nice profit from selling them to collectors. That is the only reason. No their production...
Yes HAS BEEN realised, it doesn't necessarily mean they will still realize those prices. They might, or they might not depending on the market is...
The O and the 8 are definitely PMD. Not sure about the top of the L, looks like it could be a die chip. The bottom of the 1 MIGHT be doubled but...
I think it is simply discolored.
Overmintmarks show that either an incorrect punch was used and corrected, or that dies made with the intention of sending to one mint were changed...
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