No it is NOT a grease filled die. The letters on the edge of the coin are incuse and are created by RAISED letters on the edge die. To remove...
I think your friend doesn't know what he is talking about. Luster, once it is gone can NOT be restored. The dip he is talking about can remove...
No, SOME of the Ike dollars from 1971 to 1976 are 40% silver. (All of the 40% silver ones come from San Francisco. All of the 71's and 72's, all...
Nice looking coin. What do you mean by "Any ideas"?
Just a thought, but if this is in a PCGS slab, how is he viewing the edge? Through the translucent "rubber" ring? I know PCGS does have a slab...
Odd, I could swear I have heard this story and seen that coin before many months ago.
True, a lot of dealers when they get these plated quarters in from a TV coin show sucker will just toss them into the cash drawer and hand them...
Not the page I'm looking at. It doesn't say anything about the 2009 set. with the exception that it says If you wish to purchase the prior year...
Every hear of companies that have a policy of random drug tests?
Don't think so, too even.
Old worn out dies. The die has been crumbling around the letters.
No information on the 5 oz pieces on the website yet.
Mints website for subscription for the 2010 mint set still says Unlike circulating coins, uncirculated coins are struck on specially burnished...
Did you use the enlarging tool? (you can enlarg it at least three times) When you blow it up it becomes an obvious fraction with the denominator...
Fell for the old revived thread trick. (Said with a Don Adams accent.)
Years ago you would sometimes find more than one mintmark punch used on a given years coins but I don't believe that has been true since the...
If you are identifying that as S-66533, (top of the page right hand column) it says it's a 1/4 D
Attractive tokens. The French pieces are a lot harder to find than the German ones, but there are a lot fewer of them. The Lamb book if the only...
I think it may also refer to the period of the portrait typically used on the British coins. QEII has had several different portraits used during...
The 1966 catalog by Lamb listed around 613 different municipal issuing authorities and around two thousand different varieties. The Lamb book...
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