Howdy sofrosune - Welcome to the Forum !! It's not really a coin and I doubt it was made in 1864. It sounds like what you have is some kind of...
It was due to clash marks - the tip of the eagle's wing over the mouth makes it look like Ben has buck teeth. The following link will do a...
Howdy jamie - Welcome to the Forum !! The pic is too small to be able to make out any details I'm afraid. Can you enlarge it any ?
About the best place to find out about coin shows is in the numismatic press. Both Coin World and Numismatic News have extensive & updated...
Which old one Speedy ? There have been 5 previous editions - and every single one of them is different than the preceeding edition.
You've answered your own question. The Halperin book and the ANA Grading guides are both excellent for learning how to grade MS coins. The...
They do. Nothing that has been said in this thread has anything to do with unsold items.
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying don't confuse mintage numbers with the with the way that coins are offered for sale. Mintage is mintage -...
OK - I figure NGC graded them '98-AU58 & '99-AU55. Myself I would say AU50 & XF45 - same order.
You are making a fair comparison - but you are still confusing mintage numbers of individual coins with number of sets sold. The Botanic...
ajm - did you click on the link I provided in my first post ? Authentic examples definitely exist - there were approx 500 of them minted. But...
Leave 'em in the slabs - you'll have more ;) Now then - do you want to know what I'd grade them or what I think NGC graded them ? :D Two...
Howdy Daniel - Welcome to the Forum !! I've been wondering when you'd show up around here ;)
This is not going to lower the mintage of the coins. It only lowers the number of these sets being available for sale. The mintage numbers of the...
They're both right Speedy - but they do have different names. The one that looks like a blank planchet on one side and normally struck coin on the...
Howdy markedwards - Welcome to the Forum !! Does it look kinda like this one - Click Here Your coin is the 1912 Proof version - Krause...
The mint typically sells them every year.
Here's what a real one looks like - LINK Don't think I'd bid on that one. The lines around the rim bother me. But you can contact Andy at US...
That's just fine DD - post the pics and we'll see what we can tell you about the coin ;) Oh yeah - Welcome to the Forum !!
That's quite alright ;) The old school still has its uses now n then - and they don't lock the doors like they do on the new ones. Besides -...
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