You got it. At first they were not putting the edge designation on them. They started doing that later. I don't know if they still put it on or...
No this coin nor any of the 1794 dollars,has NEVER held the record for highest sale price. The first $100K was either the 1913 V nickel or the...
No it is NOT obvious that the winning bidder was not using a bidding service. Yes, he placed his bid 6 1/2 minutes after the loser put his $276...
And if they get lost and they find out they were coins you will get your insurance fee back and that's it. Their insurance does not cover coins....
Something else you may be forgetting on that 10K Cheerios dollar is that it was also the discovery specimen. The 5-6K specimens aren't.
No probably not. Because he would have had his $276 bid loaded into the snipe software. The only difference would have been that the winning...
I am mainly pre-modern (1836 when they started with that steam powered coinage and hubbing the dies)
I'm kind of surprised Cardinal bought it since he sold off his dollar set. I agree though he is a heck of a nice guy. I bought a hardbound...
The indentation below the uprights of the letters is called bifurcation and is a result of the striking pressure not allowing the letter to fill...
If you look at the automatic bids as well you can tell this was a case of two "I gotta have it" bidders who both put in silly money bids. On 5/19...
It isn't even that rosy if you figure in the official inflation rate. It looks like 5 years ago the index was about 65000. With the official...
They have always stood behind their product, but they have only had a written guarantee of authenticity for the past three years. Maybe, maybe...
Yep, it's a 155. The die cracks confirm it.
Back then the mintmarks were punched into each die by hand so they tend to "wander" from one die to the next. The size of the mintmark can vary...
Johnny's coin is a State II I think Marshal's coin is probably also a State II I do think see a trace of the misplaced denticals but no...
Why?
The banquet won't keep them at the show. Now that Sunday has been dropped they will be closing up on Friday and leaving early on Saturday if they...
Didn't want to toot my own horn. I did forget an important one though, Early Coins of America by Sylvester Crosby And I would combine that one...
Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793 - 1857 by Walter Breen Encyclopedia of United States Large Cents 1793 - 1814 by Walter Breen...
Yes I know they are supposed to be wholesale prices, but when Retail is $1500 and there are less than a dozen uncs known, wholesale is NOT $150. :)
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