Yeah! Offhand, besides the eagle on globe reverse, I've seen plain eagle, eagle on altar, birthday cake, square altar with double doors, column...
It's kinda funny that for gold, you have to worry more about the coins damaging the storage system than the storage system damaging the coins. :)...
Star notes, interesting serial numbers, older notes, errors... etc. :) Someone else can fill in the "etc." :)
I've seen an 1861 PR63 CAM Seated dollar that was the same way. If I had had a few thousand dollars burning a hole in my pocket, I might have...
That sounds like a good plan. I would do that if it were my coin.
These are my favorite kinds of dealers, too! I know one or two that work the local show circuit, and I always make sure to visit their table. No...
I agree. I'd leave it alone, too. It's not the worst looking circulated silver coin I've seen.
I hope whoever bought it never heard of a TPG. Nobody with 2 brain cells to rub together and even a little numismatic knowledge would touch it.
Looks like nothing closer than several hundred miles from me this weekend. :(
I carry my driver's licence pretty much everywhere. It's the other 2 forms of ID I'd trip up on.
No way. Your only hope of getting rid of the black spots is to make a pocket piece out of it.
Here is my latest acquisition, with the seller's pictures and attribution (which seems to be correct): [IMG] Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) for...
I have not. I've only seen mint red on these. Also, I pretty much ignore 99% of coins dated after 1999.
Everybody here is right. Coins are generally a bad investment. My general rule is to not invest in anything that isn't fungible (other than real...
Why doesn't the slab have a strike and surface grade? I know these prutahs are typically poorly struck and really beat up, so maybe that's the...
Not as bad as the "spaghetti hair" coins. Agree, man, agree! A 1915 mint set might be a nice project. I don't think there are any real...
Credit unions are a good suggestion. They're technically member-owned, and they tend not to go as crazy on the fees as banks. You might need to...
Looks like end roll toning from a paper wrapper to me. I don't think you'd get much of a premium out of that toning.
This $100 from post #1 would look really good from 2 feet away during a busy restaurant rush. The only thing that stuck out to me at first glance...
I agree, it does have a plated look, a lot like those reprocessed 1943 cents you see every once in a while. Is the reverse normal?
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