The pictures aren't the best, but from what I see so far I'm leaning toward legitimate.
How could you tell? The Nicaragua planchet of 1898 and 1899 is the same size weight and compositon as the US five cent piece. (after 1899 they...
Not a cud just a deteriorating die.
Very simple, You can't. It's not possible without opening them.
There's a reason for that threat. From time to time the mints computer glitches and it IS possible to order new products before they officially...
They're not, this has been pretty much standard operating procedure for over ten years. When you ordered, your were probably placed on the...
Well they have covered find them, roll search, inherit them, and steal them, then you can always try the Chinese method and make them. I'll stick...
Well there was the 1806 O-130 half dollar. The discovery specimen has a good sized hole in it and spent a fair amount of time hanging on a PCGS...
Why? Well for one thing the 2008 proof set has the lowest set mintage since about 1962.
No, some coins struck from brand new dies will have reflective proof like surfaces that do not show luster. Luster appears as the die starts to...
I didn't fully explain it. I gave enough to narrow it down to 275 and 276 but I didn't say which has Liberty close to the bust and which has it...
Give me your credit card number and I'll order you the tickets.
Hard to say. It definitely looks like the copper was removed chemically, as to the raised lines, now that the surfaces have been altered it would...
One thing that would nail it down, it probably still shows the reeds on the copper edge. The action of the acid is even on the copper so the...
Looks like a die chip on the top of the middle 0.
Extended soak in a mild acid such as vinegar. The acid attacks the copper more strongly than the copper nickel layers resulting in the center...
Can't be on a Columbian planchet. They didn't coins for Columbia until 1902. The 5 centavos was 835 fine silver only weighs 2.5 grams and was...
I doubt it would be worth anywhere close to what it would cost to have it slabbed.
Looks like it was struck through grease, and the term for the missing detail just inside the rim is beading.
It is Longacre doubling, and there is also traces of die clashing above the date and from the bust to the last A in America.
Separate names with a comma.
