In about 80 years there will be millions of coins readily available that no human has touched for a century.
Do you have the Breen half cent encylopedia yet? If not I would recommend it over the Cohen book. Much more information excellent plates, die...
You're off by one variety. The 92 - 95 is the NGC 5. This is the NGC 6, the last variety with the full width hologram on the back, but the first...
That's good, the only question is "Do you have enough books?" :)
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Not if they don't carry what you are looking for. I am MUCH MUCH more likely to find what I an interested in on eBay than I am on HA. It is also...
I agree with Mark except for the comment about the reverse being VG with the marks bringing it down to Good. Yes the wreath is a little better,...
On the obverse you can see a line from the lower bust towards the U, It looks like there is another in the field below TED, there are some below...
Can you explain that? So far the coins in the fake NGC slabs have matched what was on the tags and the numbers are real, but the coins and the...
Yes, probably a chipped edge die. No significant extra value.
Can't tell for sure from the pics but it could be MDD, or die erosion doubling, or even plating break "doubling". But in any case it has no...
As zinc oxidizes it does take on a bluish white color so an Unc steel cent will often have a blue tint to it.
Also realize the high price for the 96 Uncs puts more pressure on the 96 proofs as well.
Let's see for twenty bucks you get a proof president dollar worth four bucks in a paper card with a fake autograph and a certificate...
That implies that the improper alloy mix IS all the way through the metal. If it was just a surface feature it would not come back as the coin...
That's inter-island, not FRB to Hawaii.
One of the interesting things was back when the Legacies of Freedom set was released, the British government issued a very similar set with the...
The upper one would be a partial collar strike because it would not fully be in the coining chamber , but the lower one oul not be a broadstrike...
From what I see I think there is a good chance it is a cracked planchet. I have a cracked planchet Morgan similar to it.
More likely container ships. Container can be trucked to the dock and then just loaded on the ship. And you can carry a heck of a lot heavier...
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