When it first came out there were some pictures of it being made and it was actually engraved by cutting material away from the gold "planchet"...
Not for post 1862 coins, or if you did they were either typos or a BARGIN that you should have jumped on. After 1862 mintages of business strike...
More important difference between the Red and Blue books is that the Redbook has a lot more background and historical information about the coins.
Of course that can happen with copper coins that have NOT been coated or treated with acetone as well.
She has been NARUed again from eBay. :)
It looks to me like a cent that has been removed from an encasement. To make an encased cent the cent would be placed in a hole in the aluminum...
Austrian 1 and 2 heller coins of the 1880's have the Austrian coat of arms on one side and just a number and date on the other with no other...
Conder token from Dublin Ireland
It isn't possible to really judge the condition of the coins from that photo. If they are real someone got a real deal on them. The sale price...
Old news, that law was signed by the President months ago.
If the tube is sealed and the humidity inside the tube is low and the tube is stored at a moderate temperature that doesn't vary a lot it may...
< I should probably make another comment here - the ancient Greeks did not place coins on the eyes of the dead though, they would place a coin...
SGS and FSG are not the same companies. As to where they are all coming from, welltere are no regulations so anyone who wants to can start his...
I've seen many fake trade dollars but never an electrotype.
< Read the listing NOS. 10mm 8K gold means that there is a plating of 8K gold. 8K is .3333 gold, so the total pure gold on that coin weighs...
From the serial number I would say thet yes it has been cut from a uncut sheet. The uncut sheets are printed seperately Home paper cutters...
In the image it doesn't appear to be a dent, it looks like a bubble in the plating.
Yes that is the Huge O variety. I have seen regular coins sold as huge O, and I have seen a couple altered ones, but I have never seen a...
Looks simply like damage. It actually reduces the value of the coin.
Then there are novadels which are coins made by the original government with new backdated dies. (Technically the Maria Theresa Thalers are...
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