De Orc, You can make such offers, just not publicly. As the moderator put in his edit of your post you can do so by PM or email....
I just don't understand the modern collector. You have a coin that is stamped out in high speed presses, spit out into a hopper, dumped into...
There is a reason why DC isn't a state. Back in the 1790 it was thought that it wouldn't be a good idea to have the nations capital to be within...
They started the Are you a numismatist commercials last year and they were funny. (They had two different commercials) I did notice that this...
The Uncirculated that the mint will be selling are NOT the same Uncirculated coins that you get from the bullion dealers. There are three types...
There has been speculation about these ever since the mint conducted surveys last November. Well it is now the end of March and there still have...
And remember, to get the true mintage for a particular coin you have to add the individual coin mintage total to the total for the four coin set...
Not enough in the pictures for me to nail it down for sure without a lot of work, but a quick glance tells me it is a head of 94 and the variety...
Nope, the law authorizes their production, it does NOT mandate it. Why do they keep minting them? Because it is VERY profitable to sell them...
They were worth a lot (first ones sold for around $600) then they plummeted in value to around $25 - $40. Then the mainstream press got ahold of...
That is finning. The fin is created between the collar and the edge of the die, right at the outermost edge of the coin. As the metal is...
Sounds like a misaligned die, and/or a collar clash (The part of the die that creates the rim clashes against the rim of the collar leaving a...
I saw another PR on this on another forum and that PR gave prices of $99 for the 2 reales and $250 for the 8 Reales. I guess that would mean the...
If you can find them, there was a grading service, SAGCE, back in the 1970's that ONLY graded proof Krands. They used two different holder...
As recently as the the 1980's Freedom Of Information requests about the checkletters were denied "For reasons of National Security" I suspect...
The bullion investor wants stability of design to make him comfortable, that's fine. Nothing says the mints can't continue the bullion buffalo...
Looks like the Ellis Island is hazing, can't tell about the Franklin. The hard plastic prrof set holders are definitely not airtight. And on...
IF you could definitely show that it was his signature then it would be interesting and possibly worthy of an article. If you can't then it is...
There are supposed to be some albums coming out this year that allow the viewing of the edge of the dollar coins. I susbect they may be easier on...
Hard to say, but I don't like the look of the denticals on the reverse. The obv looks real, but the denticals on the reverse, especially at the...
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