Charles didn't have that much hair. (Put a beard and glasses on him though and it could be me.)
As I have pointed out in the past, the reason for that is the much higher mintages that we produce. The other countries can send their cons...
Damaged mintmark on the coin, yes it has taken a hit on the bottom corner and pushed the metal to the center of the mintmark.
Mintmark raised or incuse?
The 67 is spooned but the eye is very interesting. i don't do much with Roosevelts but it does look to me like it may be a doubled die with the...
Something odd about that slabbed dime error. They are claiming a metal composition that hadn't been used in four years. Also the planchet for...
If we do we are fools. Same coins, fancier box, three times the money to buy, same price in the aftermarket as currently.
Plus 13 stars. That's so they don't have broad blank areas that could cause slipping during the lettering of the edges.
The problem is those people who do have questionable pieces usually don't want to talk about them lest they end up in the position the Swit family...
Most foreign sets are also much more expensive to purchase from the mint than our sets are. Example, most Euro Mint sets with one coin Euro cent...
Congress mandates that they be made and they set a maximum mintage limit. There is no lower limit As long as they make one piece they have...
There is no additional Sac dollar in the proof or mint sets next year. The current Sac with the flying eagle reverse is replaced with the new...
Without seeing the current holder I think I know what has happened. It has probably been reholdered and instead of saying MS-63 Specimen It now...
No, he meant what he said. Paraphrased, "We can't tell you much about your coin from being shown pictures of someone else's coin. So get...
That program has not been approved yet and if it doesn't get approved in the next couple weeks or so it will have to start all over again from the...
GD is right on this, when they bit a coin they were NOT biting down hard. They bit more softly and then looked for marks. They were not checking...
They have a special double thickness holder for the ancients. That should let them holder pieces up to around 7 or 8 mm thick.and 40 or so mm in...
I don't think it is likely with them cutting way back on all of the things they offer including most all or all of the W mint collectibles.
Unless you want to know ever MORE about their background history. In that case buy a copy of Crosby. Toad, do you have a copy of Crosby? (I...
It's too heavy to be aluminum, and probably too heavy to be pewter. As to looking exactly like the gold one, if it was real you would expect it...
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