Yes... I figured somebody would figure out the date w/o saying it :happy:, because the business strike and proof mintages - while all small from...
Of those two? Neither. Hate the slick (I can't read the date and you probably can't either once you put it into the album). Not a big fan of the...
Specific gravity is (if you'll pardon the pun) the gold standard test. The ice cube and magnet tests are less direct, they depend on...
Burnished is what the mint calls tumbling the planchets in drums with steel shot to make the surface ... well like it's been hit 1000s of times by...
Some kind of environmental damage, maybe it spent a winter in the grassy median of a parking lot, was found and has continued to circulate, so the...
Snow 1 as in the 1st variety for the 1897. nice find
Or you could show it corrected for inflation as an even more honest presentation.
They had to. The proportion of 1# coins in circulation that were counterfeit is quite high. The Sun said 1 in 30. At some point it becomes a...
John- Or in my case, since it's a set of XF 3CS... I think it's a combination - all four of them, plus two details coins - have been sold by...
For years, the Greysheet prices were treated as ASK prices. BID - for common material - was 10% or so less than Greysheet price. That may not have...
Nice. What I like about the Seated coins is that they wear down fairly evenly so you have details down into VG and even G. Unlike some, say...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2122778/the-new-1-coin-could-leave-you-short-changed-as-vending-machines-are-unable-to-take-them/
Called a countermark or counterpunch. Seach for those, you'll find a ton of info. Why? Sometimes it's as simple as "Because little boys have...
The two clubs I belong to are very different. One is an old club (Ft Worth, 1954) and still tries to follow the old rules, including voting on...
http://www.apmex.com/product/89846/peru-gold-8-escudos-charles-iv-xf 0.7614 oz of gold vs. US$20 at 0.9675 oz
Yes, part of CACs role is to make a market in CAC beaned coins.
yes, of 2 of the 7 or so 'local' (45m drive) clubs.
What I found interesting is how open they are about including appearance & toning in the grade - "distracting toning spots" "too many fingerprint...
See this: http://www.doubleddie.com/58201.html Basically, when work is done by hand, it's often possible to identify the specific dies used by...
Agree regarding the rectangular block under the OF A - it has parallel scratches (from upper left to lower right).
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