It looks like there is slight bulging through the motto close to the rim. Most likely due to die wear. There is nothing special about it and it...
It isn't. It is rather unusual to see it an smaller coins or on moderns but it does occur. Typically it is seen on Capped Bust halves, Early...
Incomplete filling of the letter cavity. This was frequently seen on older coins where the tops of the letters were towards the rim of the coin....
From what I can see in the pictures I suspect it is real. There are a LOT of varieties for these coins so trying to make comparison to just to...
Well it really depends on how you define rampant Better than 99% of all the coins you come across will be genuine. But the number of...
Not too surprising. Go back to the pre-Isreal coins of Palistine (and possibly even some of the early Israeli coins) and you will find that they...
And if there is too much pressure on the slab when the welding occurs it is possible for some of the plastic to extrude out as a fin along the...
This is the first I've ever heard of a two coin bicentennial set. My sources say that 15 million 40% silver coins of each denomination were...
As far as I know there aren't. Both Kagin and Jonathan Kern (BA in Numismatics) earned their degrees at Liberal Arts colleges which at the time...
That 1854 dollar is also the first of the Chinese fakes I have seen to be marked COPY instead of REPLICA.
Correct.
$50 could be considered an historic denomination. They did make pattern $50 in 1877 and then there were the $50 Pan Pacific coins. The $50...
Worst case senario is that the demand for the bullion pieces spikes and they have to again start rationing which would require them to again...
Well they've learned that it has to have a denomination in order to sell to colectors as a coin. They are NOT interested in having the coin...
No,they didn't but about a month ago they managed to get ahead of the orders for the bullion pieces, no more rationing. That meant they were...
They are lousy photos, slightly out of focus and the slab is scuffed up. I'm wondering about S-206 or 207 with the cud developing below the...
Maybe a 1964 Franklin half or 1931 Standing Liberty Quarter? Both of those have been rumored to exist. 1873-S no arrows half or 1873-S standard...
Different box/set. The box I was talking about only has seven coins and was sold by Paramount. I have pictures of the box and the Paramount...
Too heavy to be on a dime planchet (2.27 grams) and too well struck and struck to the full diameter. Post mint plated.
Genuine 1799/8 B-1 variety R-2. Possibly lightly cleaned long ago. I think the sharpness grade is actually better than claimed and much of the...
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