But do you know why ? It's because they are afraid their eyes might have missed something. But probably 95-98% of the time - the eyes missed...
The point you seem to be missing is that condition rarity has always been king regardless of mintage. Yes, coins of known low mintage are...
Just remember my favorite saying - people believe what they want to believe. Of course the difference between us is this - you base your belief...
This is something I wrote on the very same subject in another thread this morning - I copy it here for obvious reasons. Now one of the other...
I would agree with that 100%. But that's because the average collector cannot grade accurately - with or without magnification.
Interesting. It appears from your picture that some have the finger slot and some don't. Are some turned the other way perhaps ? All I can...
There are several different discussions going on in this thread. One of them is about which likely be the best choice for an increase in value...
No, it doesn't. It sells for that because of hype & popularity. There is nothing rare about the '16-D dime at all. You can buy a dozen of them in...
Try looking at how many 68's exist sometime and paying high dollar for them may not seem so crazy.
That is extremely unlikely. People have been saying the same thing for decades, but never once has it come to pass. Billions and billions of...
The one I posted a picture of is half reale.
Yes.
Mark is 100% correct. However, I will also say that toning can and does cover up some things on a coin to the point where inexperienced eyes...
It was individual cellophane sleeves, 1 for each coin. Pliofim was not used until the '55 flat pack. I'm making this distinction because it is...
There have been many such articles in the coin mags over the years. And I have written about them on this forum more times than I can count....
Thad - did your granddad buy that at the mint ? I mean at the building in the gift shop ? I ask because I collected those sets most of my life,...
Lordy Mike. Do you really believe for even 1 second that even 1 coin left the mint looking like that ? I can understand making an allowance for...
You should pay particular attention to the last 2 sentences ;)
You are assuming because I said one thing that something else must be true. Not so. As I said - any coin where the entire issue is known to have...
Looks kind of like this one does it, just a different date ?
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