I'm sure they did. The coin appears to be unc or close to it. It has NOT been out there circulating.
By that definition US large cents and half cents were not coins. They were issued from 1793 to 1857, but cents were not legal tender until 1864...
The law calls for Sacs to make up one third of the mintage of dollars. People see that 1/3 and they have been reading it as 1 sac for every three...
I don't see a loss of definition between the two coins, but the one on the right could foo you into thinking so because of the loss of visual...
I sould wait for the better pictures but wha it looks like to me is a die crack that has branched and cme back to itself and the "island' of die...
Make sure you keep an eye out for the close 1992 as well, not just the 92 D.
The change over for the business strike coins was a gradual thing with a different denomination being switched over from hand punched to having...
Yes there were some notgeld pieces made of pressed paper or "cardboard" and one composition no one has mentioned is coal. There is a three piece...
And then there are all these NCLT things which are are the same time both and neither but an "unholy" hybid of the two. :) )
The GSA dollars sales we are discussing were the efforts the government made to dispose of the nearly four million silver dollars left in the...
Die Deterioration Doubling, Die errosion doubling, both mean the same thing.
Speedy, Do you need that bodybag? If not may I have it? I don't appear to have that type listed yet. I have great difficulty getting...
The legislation specifies that no living President of former President may be portrayed on the dollar coin, but I don't recall any such language...
Right next to the other 2/3rds that that no one wants.
Oh yes, it is a technical Unc, it is just in the hard pack case that says Carson City Silver Dollar but not Uncirculated Carson City Silver...
Worn die showing erroded die doubling.
When you are grading a US cent the PCGS software expects it to be copper and assigns a color designation. If the coin is MS and the grader...
Thanks, this was news to me. They have been slabbing ballcards for around 20 years now.
It does look better. (Some people already have them.)
The mintmarks were punched into the dies at the Philadlphia mint before they were shipped out.
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