It's not all that unusual. Many fakes were struck with the same quality silver used for the genuine coins. Some of them were even made with silver...
Rare - no. Scarce - yes.
Hate it when that happens :D
I dunno Richard, at one point in time I would likely have agreed with you. But no longer. I just decided to put my mind to it, expend the time and...
Yes - NGC and PCGS both do.
No problem, get the pics when you can. I'm not going anywhere ;) So the 5 is stamped into one of the globes - that is something I have never...
It does kinda look like it :goof:
I'm not sure what you mean by the "right circle". Do you mean the small O above the M ? Either way, I have never heard of a 5 in a circle on these...
Howdy tmoyer - Welcome to the Forum !! Tell ya what, go to this link - CLICK HERE and use it to help you identify your coins. Then you need to...
Or you can look on eBay, Amazon.com, Yahoo, on-line book stores etc etc etc :)
Been there done that ;)
In a way they already do - buy their grading book. It will tell you what coins will get a given grade and why.
You're barking up the wrong tree here guys. The standards already exist, as I've stated, several of them do. That's not the problem. The problem...
Apparently you don't understand how the system works. It goes like this - before the mint can ever produce a coin there has to be a law written...
You can't always tell right away, but sometimes you can. Put a fake down on a table next to genuine coin - 99 out of a hundred people can pick...
Guys I think you're looking at this from the wrong point of view. First and foremost - you are NOT paying the TPG to slab the coin. You are paying...
I'd go check it after 3 months. It depends on the humidity in the bank - it might last a longer or shorter time. Only checking it out over 6...
Lucky guess :rolleyes:
Yeah I knew it was a Proof - but those lines going the wrong way had me going I'll tell ya :rolling: I like your pics better actually - but...
To spend that much the coin better be in a slab I feel good about. Otherwise - I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole unless I could hold the...
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