Have they? The one of the arguments about the 1933 double eagle was that they were never monitized because they were never received by or...
He probably put it in the machine, it accepted it, and then he pushed the coin return and got it back. Second possibility is he got it back in...
It is Longacre doubling. The doubling CAN be on both sides of the lettering but does not always appear on both sides of any given letter. When...
They are based on the PCGS 5 generation of slab that was produced between late 1995 to November 1999. Exactly when during that period they were...
Of course if they have missed the bunishing they should be a dull ugly gray color because they would still have the layer of oxides on them from...
Pictures are too small but from what I see I don't think it's real.
There must be a lot of crazy people out there then because I've seen a fair number of them.
He wasn't opening the package. He just picked up the package not knowing it had already been opened. You can get mad at the seller for his...
What if they go like the first year of the gold buffalo? The 2006 proof. Then you are looking at 300K. The price is higher and the economy is...
The fake is a half eagle, the painted one is a quarter eagle. Has anyone considered that the painted piece might be one of those middle east...
Easiest way to tell if you have a 22 high relief if you don't have a 21 handy for comparison purposes is to look for certain die characteristics....
I have to say that when you get to the Comparison stage in the first post, I prefer the one on the left.
Because then he has to absorb the loss. If he can pass it on he doesn't. If it comes back again he can recognize and refuse it. Of course that...
Mexico 8 reales struck at the Durango mint The CP are the assayers initials Carlos Leon De La Pena. The 10D 20G is a weight designation....
Weak strike. It would take a lot of pocket wear to remove that much detail and if that was the case the fields would not have the flash and...
The first link tells us that ALL planchets are burnished before striking, both the Goodacre and the regular coins. So that burnishing can't be...
Today many (if not most) proof dies actually are created from hubs with slightly different designs than the Business strike dies. The 1996, 98,...
Actually that sounds like possibly good evidence that it IS Longacre doubling.
From what I saw of them when they came out I am of the opinion they were burnished after striking. To me they are just an altered coin.
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