Currently I belong to four local clubs, two state organizations, one regional and five national organizations. Twelve clubs, I've gone down some...
In my case the driving question is "Is it attributable?". For the lower rarities R1 - 3, I would possibly pass on low grade or problem coins...
Did you mean 2 1910's in VF or 2 1910-S cents in VF? Big difference.
There have been many different promotions from the various gas stations back then. There were a couple of different US President series, a fifty...
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Looks like a "blob" D with some post mint damage.
Looks normal unless it has a rotated die. OK, I may have it. Possibly an overpolished obv die. Looks like broken nose at the bridge and the...
No the dot is NOT a hole, it is raised above the surface.
It is a repunched mintmark. It may be the one listed in Breen's Encyclopedia as #3875 the $ variety "Obvious extra serifs at top and bottom of S...
Asmedoraman said we saw this same thing back in 1979. but you really can't blame them. When bullion is going crazy they can make more money in...
If the striation lines from the rolling process are heavy they can survive the striking sometimes. The fact that the lines are present on both...
When I saw the pictures I knew the attribution of one of the two coins was wrong because they weren't the same, but you found your error yesterday...
My bet is it was used as part of a display and what you call a burnmark was where it reacted to the glue our whatever was used to mount the coin.
If it's an added mintmark they added it to a circulated Matte proof. That is not the reverse of a business strike 1909 VDB
Watch the FL quarter! lower mintage and the Space shuttle only has two more flights and it will be gone! :)
Why? I spend thousands of dollars on my collection each year and I don't care squat about their current or future value. My only concern when I...
Well you know what they are and about when they were made. That's good. Probably what you need to do is talk to a dealer who specializes in...
You look at the premiums over spot on these things, and then people wonder why I say the mint will change a lot more then melt +$10 for the...
There have been a lot of different companies that has put out Presidental medal series over the years. Usually people will try to relate them to...
Well for one thing I didn't realize you could enlarge the images. There might be a double strike there but the coin is so "beat up" that I can't...
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