Howdy rt66 Harley - Welcome to the Forum !! I'm not sure I understand what you are describing - can you post a pic of the coin ?
That's entirely up to you - I am not recommending that you leave the dust nor am I recommending that you try to remove it. I am merely telling you...
Here ya go Mik - Click Here
I don't know for sure that NGC has a set rule on this, but in many cases a coin that has been bent will be slabbed. In other cases it will not be...
My method for collecting is very simple - if I like it I buy it. It doesn't matter where the coin is from or what it is - all that matters is that...
Howdy charliedawg - Welcome to the Forum !! What you are describing is damage that happened to the coin after it left the mint - not an error.
It isn't - he is saying that if the shield is fully struck then the head should be too.
Normal ? No, but it does happen - epsecially when people open the cases. Best way to remove it is to use canned air - but you have to be...
Yes. Only sometimes.
Coin dies do have a key so that they can only be placed into the press in one way.
You can check - HERE - if you wish. You will find links to many, many errors and varieties but none of them are dedicated to just State Quarters -...
Andrey is correct, I wasn't implying the coin was from Austria in my post but I can see where it might have been taken that way. But to answer...
Read my post again Speedy - it is believed to be caused by the wash. A comment on grading coins with haze or milk spots - it definitely...
lawdog may well be correct, I was thinking the first one looked like a lamination error where the delaminated portion of the planchet got folded...
Sorry, there is not. There may be such a site, but if there is I am not aware of it.
It is, I've no idea why you are thinking this item is gold - it appears to be silver to me. It is a privately minted silver round with the design...
Yes that is correct, but that is not what is on these coins. As was said, this is haze - not milk spots ( another name for the whitish spots you...
Nice new addition. It's pretty unusual to see that much detail on the globes with the 2 reales :thumb:
I'd say VF25. As to its authenticity - if the die clashes I see on the obverse are any indication - it's real.
A bit off subject, but I think it is important enough to comment anyway. There is something that all of the members of Coin Talk need to...
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