I'm surprised that in addition to this year's gold versions of the design, there isn't some special silver eagle gimmick ... uh ... set offering...
Heritage will take good pictures of the more spendy coins in their auctions, but they're still an assembly line with the volume they have. GC...
Rob created VAMWorld in 2006 rather than attempt to release an updated version of his "Fun with 1921" book, which was dedicated to die break...
Treat it like a fancy cardboard 2x2. That's all it is.
I think so.
The mint did not scrap plans for a 1995 Abe Vigoda commemorative upon finding out that he was actually still alive. [IMG]
Did this one in 2000. Lincoln cent with Y2K error. [IMG]
Not a mint trial with a typo: [IMG]
I've bought stuff from abebooks before. People listing here are typically book sellers rather than people dumping stuff on eBay. One day I was...
VF35, corroded and rim damaged.
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I'm assuming they are, because there was always an additional charge for special labels, and often a rather significant one. If there are...
NGC did say at their luncheon at FUN that they were going to experiment with offering several different colors for the slab insert. The way I see...
Definitely not a bad scratch, anyway. Might straight grade 3 out of 10 tries.
I can't remember when I started doing that, but it was probably in the early 90s. Not sure if I stumbled across it when wondering why a coin...
It works for any silver coin if you know where the high points are. For the Morgan dollar obverse, it's the lower part of the bust near the tip....
Once you remove it from the 2x2, stand it on edge on a white piece of paper so that you can look down at the coin and observe the reflection of...
The 1885-O VAM 4 attribution seems correct. The 1887 I can't tell from the picture. I'd need to see the coin to attribute it.
While thick die breaks are listable in the VAM listings, die cracks like these are quite common. I don't see die breaks strong enough to be listed...
Nice! That one was on my watch list, but I bailed after getting a couple earlier lots.
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