Back when I started collecting in 72 they were fairly common and you would see them advertised fequently. Now they are seldom seen, and usually...
Most dealers don't press charges if they get their oins back because in any cases they live a long way away and don't want to have to keep coming...
That's a 125% increase not 225%. The January figure is 225% of the Dec figure, but the INCREASE over Dec is only 125%
The S mintmark, being as the punch was heavily worn, (Think Type I) also often has a rectangular blob type appearance with only the curves on the...
As mentioned making tokens for circulation is illegal. Making a token that is only good in the business that issues it would be legal (This is...
The brain tries to interpret random data and will try to force it into a recognizable form causing you to see things that aren't really there.
I'll admit that their aren't a LOT of collectors of them but there are enough to have absorbed all of the printed copies of the book, and there...
The first five or six editions are where most of the value in Redbooks as collectibles. The first edition is highly desired, but the fifth...
Products from the mint do not always come out at the same time each year. They may TEND to come out around the same time, but every so often...
That's the book. Unfortunately it is long out of print and very difficult to locate. Your best bet would be the numismatic book dealers such as...
If they don't have a computer or phone they aren't likely to be buying them on eBay either.
Klunky, check your holders as well. If they don't say Carson City UNCIRCULATED Silver Dollar then the COA WON'T have the date of the coin on it.
Simple way to know without a picture. Does it have a mintmark? In 2002 all the proofs have a mintmark, all the business strikes do not.
Carlos, Are you expecting us to believe that someone found a four hundred year old die in Ireland (A die that would be a very valuable artifact I...
The creation of the dual dated die was an error (As was the creation of the 55 DDO die). The coins created from this die are varieties not errors...
1796 was also the first year that all of the denominations authorized by the Mint Act of 1792 were coined. An event that would not happen again...
That's so you know the CAC sticker is genuine and hasn't been tampered with. Oh I can understand why they did it, and I can agree that the...
April 15th, Abe Lincoln dies, The Titanic sinks, Income tax day, Freaky Garrett is born. An I sensing a pattern of tragedies here? :D
The only thing that bothers me is tat o the D coin there appears t be a ct in the field of the coin that runs THROUGH the upper left quadrant of...
The idea of the planting is because theindians typically had three crops growing in the field at the same time. Gave them more food from the same...
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