It's a O mint coin, well known for weak strikes Ryan. They make allowances for that when grading. Now as for what you are calling damage on the...
The term FDC is of French origin - it is à fleur de coin, it translates literally as, with the bloom of the die. All it really means when used...
Dear Pastor, I walked down the busy footpath, knowing I was late for an important meeting. My eye fell upon one of those unfortunate, homeless...
I would disagree. All the indexes are supposed to do is illustrate what the general trend of the coin market is at any given time. And they do a...
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Told by whom ?
The 3000 index is made up of the coins that most commonly trade. Of course if you don't feel that the 3000 index is representative of the market...
Just sit tight collector, we just happen to have a Cave_Troll around here who works for Heritage. If anybody can help you, he can ;)
They're real, signature slabs were a big fad a few years ago. Didn't last long though.
Congrats Cheryl !! :)
They typically over-grade by a wide margin.
I don't care for that toning much, it looks like it's been there a long, long time. It also looks like there were several underlying fingerprints...
They all say the same thing Conder - from the 1st edition to the 6th edition. They do word it a little differently in the newer editions though....
And FDC does not just apply to Proofs spock, it is most often used in referrence to business strikes.
Krause list the mintage at 10,701,000.
Couple of problems - perhaps the most obvious is that it's pretty tough to grade by pictures. Second problem is, and I mean this quite...
Proof luster is quite different than business strike luster - SMS luster is different from both.
Really glad to hear it Bruce - happy to see ya back :)
Maybe, but I'm inclined to agree with him.
The second one is a token of some sort. Know I've seen the design before but can't recall what it's called.
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