It's not a coin - it's a medallion or medal.
Howdy hilonanni - Welcome to the Forum !! Based on your first post I thought we had another plated coin question here. There are lots, and lots...
Thanks for stoppin by John and taking a look ;)
Well if you placed the coin in a holder first to protect it and then placed that in a vac bag - yeah it would probably work.
Not really sure what you mean Spider :confused:
Howdy coincamel - Welcome to the Forum !! We had countless discussions about various ways to store coins and what works best - do a search for...
This one may take a while Spider :eek: I'll look some up for you when I get home ;)
You'll likely get all kinds of different answers, but most professional graders will tell you that looking at coins with the naked eye is best....
Sure - just go to the Mint's web site. They sell some coins by the bag but not all denominations.
We've discussed safes many times - a quick search will bring up any and all threads on the subject. But in a nutshell, the original question in...
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I use the 40 gram silica packs myself, as a general rule it takes anywhere from 4 to 6 months for them to need drying out. But that's in Utah -...
The line between what defines an error from a variety is often a very fine one. You can ask 10 different knowledgeable people if a given coin is...
Seems to me that technically there are 9 - but danged if I can think of what the 9th one is right now :confused:
It is not uncommon for some people to pay more for something that it is really worth. But with something like Proof sets - it's usually because...
I stand flabbergasted in utter amazement :D
I consider Rod a friend of mine, a very knowledgeable gentleman ;)
It says it only holds 10 asprin tablets. Good idea, but you're not get any coins in that.
What you're seeing is the copper. As WaA140 said, the coin was made with a layer of silver clad over top of a layer of copper which was over top...
That's perhaps the easiest to explain. They had some dies already made & dated 1941 left over at both mints. So when they started to strike the...
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