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Usually on the web sites of the companies that make the products. If the products contain no PVC - they will say so. Or they will say something...
Yes, it could be removed if it had only been there for a very short time. But not without doing even more damage to the coin. And if it had been...
Howdy Russel - Welcome to the Forum !! There are any number of private mints that could have issued the round you ask about. But unless someone...
I'd do it before ya could blink.
Not wanting to argue, but what makes you think so ? Sealed how ? I collected Proof sets for a great many years and never had a problem opening...
I wouldn't put much faith in the grade being accurate with coins slabbed by PCI. Every now n then you can find a coin graded accurately by them...
Good point Mik - never even noticed.
What makes you think it was authentic Frank ?
Given the damage on the obverse I wouldn't buy it all.
No Charlie, they are not sealed. Proof set cases from the US Mint merely snap together and can be easily opened and reclosed.
They didn't fake anything - the coins are replicas, not genuine coins. Notice the key word in the above quote from the Morgan Mint's web site...
Possibly, but sure looks like a pellet stop after the L to me.
As SCNuss already stated, die cracks can affect value in either direction. Some collectors find die cracks to be a detraction on a coin and thus...
The difference in cameo from one coin to another has nothing to do with the grade - it only has to do with the cameo designation.
The 3rd example appears to be of Spanish origin - Charles III I'd say.
Becky - take another look. You can actually see the where the plating over the base metal has been flaking off the coin in the areas I have marked...
Howdy Dr. Kimble - Welcome to the Forum !! I'd have to say that a coin in similar condition to the one you posted should sell for about $50 at...
Yeah - he got a job and didn't have time for it anymore. Thanks for all the kind words folks !!
Dunno - I don't see anything right off. But if all of the coins have a similar look and coloration there is at least one possible explanation - he...
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