Howdy mac - Welcome to the Forum !! First of all, forget what the price guides say - they are not accurate, not even close. However, it is true...
That is exactly how it works. Ruben you are talking about two entirely different things, how money enters the economy has absolutlely nothing...
You'll get no argument from me on that - I agree completely. But there is a simple explanation for it - supply and demand. Very few want to...
Yeah, I suppose ya did. The very same coin, in the very same grade, slabbed by either PCGS or NGC, in the last 4 sales recorded by Heritage sold...
Now wait a minute guys, before this goes any further we ned to straighten a few things out here. Yes, PCGS did step up and honor their guarantee....
That was the point he was making - there were 1990 Proof cents that did not have the S mint mark.
Is it possible that coin such as this could stay mint red after all these years ? - yes absolutley. However, after looking at the coin, in this...
I agree, buy books.
You're right, it isn't. But it does say "under magnification" Problem is you have to read elsewhere in the book where it tells you that that...
No, they don't. From the PCGS Price Guide - " The prices listed in the PCGS Price Guide are the average dealer asking prices for properly...
I think part of the problem is you are thinking in terms of actual rarity and I am discussing condition rarity. As I said in my earlier comments,...
Easy, seniorage - when the mint made the SBAs it cost them approx 10 cents per coin to do so. And when the govt later sells the coins to the...
Ruben I misunderstood your question, when someone ask - cleaned ? I assume they mean harshly cleaned, personally I do not consider peoperly dipped...
No, typically it is not.
No, frost breaks occur when one coin rubs against another, usually in the bag immediately after minting.
To understand why Proof examples are easier to find than business strikes you have to think back to the times at hand. In 1869 for example,...
I'm gonna say 65, but if the frost breaks look worse in hand than they do in the pic then I'd have to say 64.
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Sometimes gas bubbles are trapped between the layers during the cladding process.
Zane, I was gonna stay outta this, but what the heck. There is gonna be one rule though - this time I aint gonna do it, unh uh, no way, not me,...
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