Yes it is getting bad, an some of the Chinese fakes are now starting to show up in bulk lots of common US stuff. In the latest issue of...
The demand so so great that they couldn't meet it even AFTER they diverted all the proof planchets to bullion production and they still had to...
I don't think so. Numerator is too high and the crack on the 166 goes through the center of the numerator comes out the lower right foot of the 1...
Ahh a gluten for punishment. You are stepping up to be with the big boys now. Completing ANY of those sets is a real accomplishment. (The half...
Until years later when the heirs bring in the collection to sell it.
I have a theory but can't prove it. There is a D/S known for this year. Any chance a couple specialists were able to recognize this as one from...
Thickness, especially at the rim is variable depending on the strength of the strike. The higher the striking pressure the thicker the coin is at...
Simply put, because they couldn't make enough bullion ASE to meet the demand. If you will recall the mint had to rations the 2009 bullion ASE to...
True but as far as I can tell they aren't selling. Actually a lot of them ARE the Condition Census pieces. Frankly though it's more like th way...
Almost every new issue. Basically every offering that has a mintage limit.
No not really. There is a lot of cases of slippage on the edge dies. If you were to take just about any given roll and stack them so that say...
Maybe contact the Chinese embassy about them as well as these are illegal under CHINESE LAW and they are being shipped from China. The fake US...
It was 1974 so it was also four years BEFORE the ANA published the official MS grading system. At the time Paramount was about the only company...
It's a matter of how the laws are written. Laws dealing with altering/mutilating coins all state that it is illegal if there is intent to...
I would remove coins from the 2X2 before shooting pictues. The plastic tends to cause reflection and lighting flares. You may not like it but you...
Assuming it is 90% silver coin, and that it weighs exactly 5 pounds, and that you friend is NOT using a troy scale so he doesn't mean 5 troy...
Nice Chain, looks like S-3.
And don't forget on the post 1986 certificates you got the obv/rev opinions of EACH of the four graders along with opinion of the quality of the...
Since the death of Jim O'Donnell. Charles Woodruff is also very good for seated half dimes, there are several others. I checked Charles site and...
Saw that a couple months back. OK the British have a big markup. A few years back they had a set with a silver eagle and silver Britainnia. The...
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