Precisely. It's not how many were made, it's how many exist now. The same principle applies with conditional rarity. There may be 3,211 of a given...
It would be a violation of forum rules for the OP to post his ebay name or to post links to some of his auctions, unless they are completed...
Simple answer - no. But if you look hard enough you can find a method described in this book or that article and another method described in some...
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One thing Frank - how does an over-mint mark create the depression/hit in the bottom half of the top mint mark ? The only thing that can do that...
WR - go to the Heritage web site, register for free, and look up realized prices in the auction archives. You'll quickly see the answers to your...
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This is a trap that way too many people fall into. They think that just because a coin has a low value that nobody would ever bother messing with...
Some of them, not all. Some of the coins sold in the GSA sales really are circulated. For that matter some of the coins in the Uncirculated...
Post mint damage.
There's always plenty of them for sale if that's what you mean. But there are typically fewer buyers than there are sellers. I guess that...
It's not strange at all, rather it is expected. To start with every coin is unique, so it is expected that they will not all react the same. Also...
I did, and it isn't. You can believe whatever ya want. But even reading a book as basic as the Red Book will tell you that toned coins are...
You don't understand what happened. Jello's coin was in an MS60 slab. Now that right there tells you that the coin has issues, not necessarily...
Can't say I disagree. But at PCGS, those complaints fall on deaf ears. PCGS is notorious for having the worst customer service of all the TPGs....
I think you put your Haha after the wrong sentence. But then it's time that you got to know some dealers, for you never will unless you start at...
Two reasons - first the obvious, the grade itself. When looking at a coin like that and the grade doesn't seem to fit - there's a reason. The coin...
Actually it is to make it softer, so it will strike up better. No, an improperly annealed planchet is one that captures the copper ions and...
The sooner you learn practice patience, the better off you will be. That said, there is no need to wait. What you need to do is to establish...
No, I did not state that you were an imbecile. I was asking an honest question. The difference between those 2 coins is obvious to me, but it is...
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