Fair enough, reasons have already been given for why dates or identifying marks used to be placed on coins. But in todays world, here in the US...
Get the size that suits you - I promise it's not illegal. And as long as you don't counterstamp the coins so much that they can't readily be...
What he said ;)
Just about all of the Proof Jeffs from '61 thru '64 are known for this type of toning. It happened less often from '68 through the early '70s, but...
No - it is not.
Actually it could be the same coin. Taking pics from different angles and under different lighting conditions produces vastly different results.
Oh that's not hard to understand. In the first place most of the more experienced collectors know that the values listed on the PCGS price guide...
Is it raised or incuse ? The answer to that question will explain what it is.
Easy, the Red Book you are looking at is wrong and so is your coin store. In the first place, only the Proof ASE is issued with a mint mark. From...
As almost anyone who knows me can attest I have long said that you can sometimes find gem coins in the slabs of lower tier grading companies. But...
That does work quite well Jody, for a time. And as you know, I'm a great fan of bookmarking web sites. But over the years I have found that a...
Howdy mrplowjr_ez_V - Welcome to the Forum !! Gorgeous coin !! As for grade, I would say AU55 - there is some light wear on the high points.
Really ?? Then I wonder why coins such as these are so highly sought after by collectors ? They have no dates. But yet I can not only tell you in...
Thanks for the heads up Mik. But check out the NR section under Countries/Mints of the World ;)
Copper Grading Guide "The most important thing to remember about coin grading is that almost no two coins are the same. This axiom is...
AAA Historical Americana - World Exonumia "Exonumia: Tokens and Medals, badges and ribbons including World Fair items and Political Americana,...
You can find it where I said you could - "But you can find the information in the numismatic press like Coin World & Numismatic News."
The original question - The reason the answer to this question is 0% is because any serious numismatist knows that he/she can obtain the very...
The reason dates and mint marks - and in the past they added assayer's marks too - were placed on coins was so they would know who was responsible...
I'd say MS63 on the '64 and MS62 on the '70.
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