They may have happily accepted the insurance fees, but if something had happened would they have honored the claim? That is a different matter....
That link is an expanded "show an tell" talk by my father at the Old Fort Coin Club. (I'm the newsletter editor.) Except for the Brazilian CST...
If it is silver. I've seen pot metal castings that crystallize and break like that and I've seen broken cast counterfeits like that. Just got a...
Jaceravone is correct, no bag need be involved. They aren't handled like proof coins. The come out of the press, slide down a chute and the fell...
Are you wanting suggestions for general and/or historical information, or are you wanting series specific information
Registered mail. Safest way to ship, and once you get over about $700 it is also cheaper than insured mail. Only drawback is that the maximum...
I have a complete of both the Phillipines and Columbian leper colony coins. I lack two pieces of being complete for the Venezuelan colonies...
Take $1000. Take $20 as two rolls of quarters and put them in a sock. Mug 20 people for $50 apiece, or in these bad time 50 people for $20...
The one dollar gold pieces, and the three dollar gold are the same portrait as that on the "indian head cent" just with different treatment of...
The submitter probably sent in a roll of 1955-S cents and wrote D on the submission form. Guy unpacking at the TPG just types into the computer...
I think it looks like a broken base metal counterfeit. I'd like to better pictures.
I can't speak to the dimes but consider this for the nickels. Go back and find the last year when the mintage was this low or lower and you come...
As many as they get orders for before theycut off order or the end of the year whichever comes first. And they don't list a number because there...
Not surprised, but I haven't worked with Vista.
Don't bet on it. The legislation for the 2009 cents required them to use the original Brenner design and relief as it appeared on the 1909 cents....
That is true they never made any 1964 Peace dollars, but they did make over 300,000 1964-D's. If you really want to learn about the 1964 -D Peace...
The Mint made a big deal over the fact that the planchets for the collector version were "burnished", but they neglected to tell people that ALL...
All KNOWN specimens. What about unknown ones? (I believe there may still be a chance of another unknown piece out there. Contemporary reports...
Lots of detail and a very attractive coin at first glance. The surfaces show moderate die flow, but the surfaces on both sides also show modest...
One thing that works sometimes if you are trying to see a small image on the screen and you are running XP is to use the magnifyer program. Click...
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