Key word is "currently".
Don't have a Bolender reference? Try this on-line attribution reference http://www.earlydollars.org/wizardhome.htm
No the denomination will be quarter dollar. Yes that's right five oz silver quarters. It's in the authorizing legislation. Well since in the...
Thanks for the MSDS, it is a mild acid and apparently the acid breaks down the iron oxide. It also mentions the detergents. Most detergents tend...
Crusty, check for an email from me about that subject.
I don't know about HERE, but they do monitor the PCGS and NGC forums. That's one of the reasons I am reluctant to discuss specifics as to...
Yes i was at EAC where they were all together, and I have one of the "NC-5" souvenirs. (copper)
Yes it is. Another good place to look to recognize the counterfeit fakes. This is the on-line photo archive of all of the counterfeits produced...
The correct answer to this question, no matter where you actually keep them is "In the safe deposit box." Said loudly and firmly.
VP is NGC's own in-house variety attribution system.
Check all the way around the edge. Usually the silver versions will be marked somewhere, often on the edge.
Yes people do counterfeit the chips, that's why they change them on a regular basis and the old chips become void. As to the "hand over fist",...
I want one too. I know a firm in the UK that makes nice ones but in the past he has refused to ship overseas. A check on his website though no...
Well it isn't a crude amateur repair but it isn't a quality repair either. There are people out there who can repair that hole almost undetectably.
Well I checked Cobwright and I can see why it is going so high. Before Cobwright the only reference on these was Atkin's Work on Eighteenth...
Well true they did increase it $5, but they also increased the number of coins in the set by eight coins.
Probably because international flights are longer and people tend to get up and down more often, stretching their legs, going to the restroom...
Crusty, I've only looked at the first one, the 1877 and even with the blurry photo you can tell that the obv is a type II hub that wasn't used...
I'm betting what he has is a coin that has had a LONG soak in a weak acid such as vinegar. Wheelgun, is the copper layer on the edge recessed in...
The 1873-S standard dollar WAS produced. Harry X Boosell located the inventory listing for the coins sent to the annual Trial of the Pyx that...
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