Howdy goffy - Welcome to the Forum !! You can compare your coin to the ones in the pics found here - Click Here That is an old article though...
I would recommend the Bausch & Lomb 5X Packette as a magnifier. You can find it here JP's Corner
As for grades I'd give the half a VF and the dime a low XF.
There were indeed a lot of them made - over 277 million & 156 million D. Value, even for the uncs is dependent on grade. Even in MS65 they are...
To tell ya the truth I don't know what to make of that. Even if the die had failed when that coin was struck and pieces fell out - I can't see a 3...
Ebay only works well for those that already have an established account and reputation. It is also wise if you know what you are selling before...
By looking at the surfaces of the coin. Proof coins are highly poilished - business strike coins are not.
Got your dates mixed up there Roy - you're as bad as me :D The first Morgan dollar struck anywhere was in 1878 - including Carson City. She...
You want an honest answer ? A couple of reasons - many folks trust the price guides as gospel. And since high prices get people excited and cause...
Nick - there's no way to really answer your question as the answer depends on too many variables. First of all - what do you intend to do with the...
It's possible it's a Proof - hard to say for sure based on the pics. The best way I can describe it is like I did - the fields will be just like a...
That's an awful lot of coins :eek: You would be better off going to your local library and looking them up in the Standard Catalog of World...
They typically sell for about $12 to $15 - Click Here
There were no Proof cents made in 1943 - are you confusing uncirculated and Proof in regard to the coin's condition perhaps ? The silver eagle is...
100kb is the max file size - but you can take a high definition pic and then crop it to show just the area in question - thus reducing the file...
A laminated planchet is when part of the clad layer peels away from the copper core. It's a neat error ;) The cent is normal - they were...
Typically you can find the ads in Coin World or Numismatic News just about every week. But you're right about ebay - best I could find there for...
In a nutshell - yes. He hasn't posted since that first day when he stated that his reason for posting was so he could advertise on Coin Talk -...
You can't always see the clad layers. Sometimes the outer cladding wraps all the way around the coin.
Can't make out the cent pics. Yes that is a American Silver Eagle. As for the dime - hard to say for sure based on the pics but it looks like...
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