Original packaging of issue, not special mint packaging. The Mint never sold the classic commems to the public. They were provided to the...
As Doug says Cameron's site deals ONLY with sample slabs. There is no actual production slab variety from ANACS that only is found with one...
That's true, but dealers and show promoters do tend to talk to each other and the show chairman in the other state would soon learn of the...
ne problem you may have is "Which Kagin's?" There have been several depending on whether they were incorporated by Art Kagin, Don Kagin, or the...
But if you stop making the dollar note, the retailer will only have two choices, hand out dollar coins in change, or handfuls of quarters.
I seem to recall having seen it, or one like it, as well. I believe it was finally determined to be a fake.
Maybe grease, but also possibly a tapered planchet. It doesn't really look to me like PMD.
I didn't see a mention that the designs used on the Fugio cent, the Continental Dollar, and on some of the colonial paper money came from Franklin.
Yes, the number of major error coins has declined greatly in recent years. For errors that result from or create off size errors the addition of...
If it is just water soluble dirt, then distilled water. If it is a oily grime, then acetone. If it is discoloration or a raised "crust" then the...
OK so they are from the last two years, and I assume you are just sending in the sets you received with little or no cherrypicking of the sets. I...
What gets me are the weak rims. The presses were set for coining the much harder steel planchets. The relatively soft copper planchets would...
My reference set is not complete, there are still companies I do not have examples from. Mostly fiy-by-nights that came and went before I could...
I have articles I have written on identifying fake PCGS, NGC, and ANACS slabs. If you are interested, drop me an email. Conder101...
Around here that is the law. You must card EVERYONE no matter how old they look. Violator risk fines and losing their alcoholic beverage...
True but the matter was confused a bit when he started quoting from a book by Greer. Greer did not write a book on half dimes, he wrote on seated...
In 1980 I was setting up with a dealer who was buying gold and silver. I was buying the other non-precious metal coins that were brought in. As...
It may not be that hard to prove. This scanning technology they recently announced has been around for awhile and PCGS has probably been playing...
While the "PVC" residue may affect the gold coins due to their copper content, I would expect the main result of that to be making the copper...
But once he has the conviction on his record that gives show promotors grounds to ban him from their shows. If no one presses charges against him...
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