Is it raised or incuse ? The answer to that question will explain what it is.
Easy, the Red Book you are looking at is wrong and so is your coin store. In the first place, only the Proof ASE is issued with a mint mark. From...
As almost anyone who knows me can attest I have long said that you can sometimes find gem coins in the slabs of lower tier grading companies. But...
That does work quite well Jody, for a time. And as you know, I'm a great fan of bookmarking web sites. But over the years I have found that a...
Howdy mrplowjr_ez_V - Welcome to the Forum !! Gorgeous coin !! As for grade, I would say AU55 - there is some light wear on the high points.
Really ?? Then I wonder why coins such as these are so highly sought after by collectors ? They have no dates. But yet I can not only tell you in...
Thanks for the heads up Mik. But check out the NR section under Countries/Mints of the World ;)
Copper Grading Guide "The most important thing to remember about coin grading is that almost no two coins are the same. This axiom is...
AAA Historical Americana - World Exonumia "Exonumia: Tokens and Medals, badges and ribbons including World Fair items and Political Americana,...
You can find it where I said you could - "But you can find the information in the numismatic press like Coin World & Numismatic News."
The original question - The reason the answer to this question is 0% is because any serious numismatist knows that he/she can obtain the very...
The reason dates and mint marks - and in the past they added assayer's marks too - were placed on coins was so they would know who was responsible...
I'd say MS63 on the '64 and MS62 on the '70.
1880 - Au53 1884-cc - Ms63
Yes, there are.
Hammered is the method of manufacture. Prior to the use of presses to strike coins it was actually done with a hammer. The minter would place a...
Any of them would. They know what the silver content is and would pay accordingly.
Howdy ncolon - Welcome to the Forum !! What you have found is a fake 1804 dollar. If you want to know a bit about it - CLICK HERE
And you won't find it on the Mint's web site - at least not for some time. But you can find the information in the numismatic press like Coin...
That pretty much sums it up ;)
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