Yeah, the first issue of the month, every month. That one is their special issue that has all the other stuff in it. The other 3 issues a month...
The reason it's amazing to you is because you don't realize what happens to coins. You, like many other collectors, seem to think that people buy...
Of course it's possible, no one has ever denied that. But - which one is more probable ? That is really the question. When the odds are 8, or...
But only very, very few of them. And then to an even smaller group of people who seem willing to pay that premium mainly because they don't...
Doesn't look like it to me, looks like the sharp edge that a strike through has.
Well, nobody can say with certainty that a coin is genuine just by looking at it. So even if you took them to a dealer he would have to at least...
A contact mark that large would show displaced metal - a strike through doesn't.
Too high. They are both considered to be generic coins and will trade for about spot price.
No, but tap water will.
That all by itself indicates to me that the coin is fake.
I agree that it looks like the coin has been harshly cleaned and that alone would keep it out of a regular slab. As for the rim - that looks more...
Yeah sure it would get graded. As I said, they're pretty common. Hard to find a Morgan without a few marks like that. Most folks just refer to...
I can tell you it was issued by Louis XIII, and that it was in 1643, but as to exactly which coin it was, I am not positive. I believe it was a...
I'm pretty sure it's not French. While the design matches up to a denier tournois or an obole tournois, the legends are all wrong for the French...
Those are what are called scrape marks - on the coin itself. Pretty common to see those on Morgans.
I would have to say that coin is over-graded. Yes, it is known for having a weak strike. But that is just a bit much as is indicated by several...
Yes that has been said. But it's just like the annealing process. If the planchet wash was the reason then why is it that all of the other silver...
This is not unusual as it happens with a great many things in this hobby. This expert says one thing and 2 more say something else entirely...
They do it for the very same reason that they clean them - it's because they think it makes the coin look better. And no it does not preserve the...
If you intended to post a pic of the coin so we may judge the toning for you - you forgot the picture. edit - ahhhhhh there it is. Yes, the...
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