Richie you just don't understand the terms. Mintage limit means that is the maximum number of coins that they would have produced that year no...
Longer than that, we keep posts back to 2002 when CT was founded.
They still do.
On Coin Talk - just use the advanced search feature, type in Clinker in the User Name box. It'll bring up every post Clinker ever made.
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They do it because they think the dip will improve the coin's appearance/grade. Often it was done with hazy Proofs - a hazy Proof coin would be...
Another nice addition :thumb:
Couldn't begin to tell you what they used, but the coins you are talking about were gold and that's a whole different game than copper or silver....
You still don't understand. Of course there are certain individual coins you can make money on, but we have been talking about collectors &...
If you don't get it all back Clinker lemme know. It's all stored here ;)
Tell ya what, you spend 50 years in this hobby and sell a couple of collections. Then come back and tell me how you did. Then we'll talk.
It's not impossible, but it's certainly highly improbable. There are 3 or 4 doubled headed/tailed US coins that I know to exist. That's it, out of...
MS63 RB. The TPG's might even go 64. Why ? Because even the more darkly toned areas still have visible underlying luster - if there was wear, that...
But that is the critical point, 99% of all coin collectors do everything you just said they should not do. And that is exactly why only a tiny...
Careful now, I'm kinda particular 'bout my hat ;)
The point is this, investing implies that one intends to make a profit from first buying a coin and then later selling it. Well, that's fine. But...
Look at the area I have marked, see all the little bumps and pits - that is the result of light corrosion.
On the obv, look at the high points on the hair, the stars and the rim. See how it looks slightly flat and is a different color than the rest of...
It's how you interpet the statement Jake. As long as a coin shows no signs of wear, it will be graded as unc. And I don't care how many...
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