What does the edge of the coin look like? Does it look like your typical clad coin? There were some mint errors where the Sac was struck on 1999...
Simple answer is they get them from the banks. The dates when the president dollars are going to be released are known well in advance, and any...
No, as far as I now SGS has never slabbed rolls. ICG did it before PCGS and that's probably where they got the idea. (ICG's slabbed rolls are...
Should anyone care? In my opinion no. Can PCGS really tell if they are first day of issue YES. In order for them to get First Day of Issue...
OK launched today, and I got my first ND this morning. We are really behind around here.
When you list the auction on eBay I believe in the terms you do give them rights. Same goes if you host the images on eBay you give them at least...
The 1795 is super! The 1885 is pleasing for what it is AG-3+ (VG-8? F-12? Come on, theire is not a single letter of LIBERTY and the rims are...
The inner ring on that coin with the ring breaking under the 8 identifies it as N-1, a common variety.
If you solder loops to the back to use them as actual buttons be sure to use silver solder and not the lead/tin solder used for electronics. The...
Small 8, type II hair and letters. S-187 is the last variety for the year
Agred it is a contemporary counterfeit probably made of a lead alloy. (A lead coin of the same size as the V nickel would weigh 6.4 grams....
Actually I'm not sure if they actually say the coins are counterfiet. I believe the buyer/bidder just gets a note stating that the auction has...
Why am I not surprised. The 1796 draped bust cent is a lot rarer than people realize. It has three times the mintage of the 96 cap, and one...
I've seen several of these, the composition varies. I've seen pot metal, I've seen a steel alloy, I've seen a nickel alloy, and the very first...
Every coin he has sold where you can still pull up the auction listing is a fake. I also like how the 1909-S lincolne he sold on Dec 1 and...
They ARE coins, they are not from the Franklin Mint (The FM had higher standards than that.) and the bst thing that can probably be said about...
Actually the CSA coined 1861-O half dollars using six different pairs of dies and it IS possible to identify whether an 1861-O half was coined by...
The information comes from The Gobrechet Journal Numbers 94 and 97 from two articles written by Randall Wiley. Unfortunately they are not readily...
Very nce, especially the 1836 N-6. People really seen to like that cud between stars 7 and 8.
It's hard to tell from the pictures but I think it is die pairing 3-D. This would be variety W-06 (Included as part of WB-101 in the Wiley-Bugert...
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