Jackeen, you are on the right track but it won't work with leather. Yes the leather will take on the impression of the coin but it is nowhere...
Yep, it is possible but very unlikely to creat a one sided strike coin, but when it occurs the blank side is NOT "flat as a pancake".
I think it is at least a F-12. I would also say that the dies were axially skewed (the die faces were not paralell to each other.). I'm no...
No good reason. Believe it or not it's probably mostly fallout from the inflated value of the 2001 silver sets. Mintage aren't that much below...
Mark as a rookie, I would recommend that if you are going to buy coins that are KNOWN to be commonly counterfeited then I could understand why...
Bruce, I hate to tell you this but I am probably the WORST person to ask that question of. I hate ALL of the grading services and not a single...
Maybe so, but not a single piece can be definitely traced except for the three Pitman coins. If there are any others they have either only sold...
Have the jeweler weigh it not test it! They'll test it by putting a cut in the edge and puting acid on it. If it is a genuine piece it will now...
I started by myself, and then got my farther hooked so I would have access to a source of finances.
I think 32 pieces 1971 P & D 1971-S 40% unc 1971-S 40% proof total 4 for 1971 1972 P & D 1972-S 40% unc 1972-S 40% proof total 4 for...
Held against a motorized soft wire brush.
It MIGHT be a repunched mintmark, or it might be machine doubling damage, I can't tell which from those photos.
Extra little tidbit about the 1936 dot cent that it seems a lot of people don't know, For several decades all three of the known 1936 dot cents...
As a general rule the graders at the top TPG's DO NOT use a microscope on the coins. In fact if you talk to them you will find that 90% of the...
Truthfully no many of the people watching and buy from those shows do not know that the mint sells them, or if they do they don't know how to get...
When you consider that the color on the ten is due to ink printed on the note and not inherent to the paper itself it has to be a stained note.
There are several different die varieties for these things and that can affect the value considerably. You say it is like the one pictured in the...
I wonder if this is the same coin. This is the fourth time I have seen a 1911 silver plated proof cent. It seems to show up about evey five years.
Since 1999 the proof sets are just snap together and can be opened with your fingernails with no damage or evidence showing on the case.
The V nickel could be called a Barber Nickel, it was designed by William Barber,
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