Are you saying that you know that NCS did this, just assuming, or merely using this as an example ?
Slabbed by who ?
According to every grading guide I ever read it does.
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There are no mintages for sets. The mintage numbers are based on the individual coins only. The sets are just a package of the individual coins...
The law that authorized the coins said the design was to be changed every year. Again, the mint had nothing to do with it.
What is very obvious is that the US Mint isn't doing anything. The mint isn't suggesting the program - the House of Representatives is.
Yes it is Alf, and that is exactly the problem - it is an average. But if you are bidding a given coin, how do you know where, within the average,...
I'd have to say the coin is overgraded myself. Yeah, it's extremely unusual to find such nice examples, but 68 ? No way.
No, it's just the perspective. And there are 2 leopards on the horse's cape.
Now c'mon CPD, you know as well as I do that there coins that should not be touched and there are coins that need to be conserved to prevent...
Shhhhh - you'll ruin my reputation ;)
Normally I ignore the value index. I prefer to look at the individual auction realized prices. That allows you to judge each coin individually and...
Mark is correct, it is not unusual for good counterfeits to be the correct weight and size. There are even counterfeits known that were made with...
Nasty old coin dealers anyway. For the life of me I can't imagine why anyone would want to be one. Oh wait, I encouraged you to take that job :D:D
I got houseplants older than that :D Happy B-day pal :hail:
Personally, I'd never bid on a coin like that on ebay - too much to risk. Besides, the opening bid is the highest one of those has sold for recently.
Yes it was hammered. It wasn't my intent to highjack the thread, just make a point. That being that just because coins are old, that doesn't mean...
OK - here's a different question for ya. How many phases of this contest is there going to be ?
Let's just say I wouldn't be shocked if they did.
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