Gold, silver - whatever - only has value because we say it does. But what exactly is that value, intrinsic or otherwise ? A handful of paper with...
It took almost forever to get the mint to release the info on the Sackies being burnished, but they finally did. You can read about it in old...
Ron - Grading is something that can take years, even decades to master. Some learn faster than others depending of whether or not they have...
Wouldn't be the first time for that either.
ProofRon - If I understand your question correctly you are asking what you could expect to receive as a seller - is this correct ? If so,...
Mr. Fox has ben trying to sell this "service" - and I cannot stress enough how much disdain I have for the word service used in this context - for...
Green on copper coins is usually one of two things - verdigris or PVC. Both are very harmful to copper.
It might be helpful zane if you clarified that the definition you are using for First Strike is the definition that grading companies use as a...
It is usually not a very good idea to post copyrighted material without permission. And for whatever it is worth I don't really see this as a...
With coins of this age such things as repunched dates, overdates, repunched mint marks etc are not really that uncommon. As a result, varieties...
Sure wouldn't be the first time that happened - few of them do know what they are talking about.
Can't tell you much specific information regarding the composition, mintage etc but it commemorates Oliver Hazard Perry and the Battle of Lake...
That's about all there is to it. Dirt, grease etc can fill the recesses of the die ( in this case the area where the date is ) so that when the...
Howdy wild_catt - Welcome to the Forum !! The variety's existence has been verified and the Breen classification number provided. What else...
It wasn't exactly replaced Bone - just added to. Both phrases are official mottoes.
There is one thing that has served coin collectors well for the past 2000 yrs - patience ;)
I suspect his source may be Numismatic News - they do publish the sales numbers every week.
Sure - this is what they look like - Click Here
IMO not a chance for 65 - best it would do is 63.
Boy Howdy what a strike on that one :thumb:
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