More likely turn of the century contemporary counterfeits. And interestingly enough recognized as fakes at the time. And NGC recognized the...
Probably just a piece made for use in jewelery. The low kt content points to that and the poor reproduction of the bust as well.
They started in November 2004, yes almost four and a half years ago and four months after NGC started their multi-coin holder. The reason you...
Trying to compare it to a bronze mint medal is a waste of time. Bronze can have many different colors depending the exact composition and...
As usual an impossible question. There are over 60 different doubled dies on the Minnesota quarters alone. A listing of ALL of the state quarter...
Ok, I did a search of the Standard Catalog and I find that in the 20th century there were only seven coins made with Reagan on them in the 20th...
If I was going to counterfeit Morgans I wouldn't even consider faking the 93-S. It only comes from one die pair and it's diagnostics are very...
It was originally proposed for 2010 but the 2010 slots are now full. Now I haven't seen the article but if it is recent you have the fact that...
Sorry if I seemed abrupt, I didn't mean to be. It was just that what you said about the Bluenose didn't jibe with what I remembered about the...
As one of the people who would really like to see the IGWT thing taken off our coins, I would have to say I'm in full agreement here. With a...
With the number they are shipping out statistically there have to be some bad outcomes, But since we are a very small number of the people...
Except before 1794 (Spanish milled dollars were popular), and the 1840's dollars circulated as well until the rising value of silver with respect...
Not to mention 1964 when legislation was actually introduced to outlaw coin collecting. Was going to make it illegal to sell any coin for more...
The Bluenose never won The Americas Cup. The Americas Cup (Originally the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup) was won by the schooner America in 1852 and...
Not including patterns, or te cent said you said not to include it, IL centennial half dollar IL state quarter SD state quarter Mt Rushmore...
Most common has to be the 1807 draped bust heraldic eagle dime/quarter eagle mule, 165,000 pieces struck. Probably an R-2, maybe R-3 today.
Must work, The Isle of Man has been doing it for years with special Christmas 50 pence coins, and the Marshall Islands does it as well with their...
Odd. That advertising tag/envelope/whatever it is, is very similar to the one usd by Bashlow on his Confederate cent restrikes which were made...
I'd say the first article has it backwards. The English grading is stricter an XF-45 coin would only be a gVF under the English system. And the...
I don't. It doesn't happen a lot but it isn't extremely rare either. I wouldn't trust PCGS to get the variety attribution right anyway. They...
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