This very rarely happens because there are very, very few problem coins that are ever sold by the mint. Most of the time they are just sold to...
There's more answers for that than there are coins themselves, and there's a boatload of coins ! Of course the reason there are so many answers is...
What amount of doubling is significant ? Depends on who you ask. Personally, I think the idea has been carried to the nonsensical. I mean really,...
Jaun - if you would like me to I can send you some university study papers that discuss the values of goods and services, wages, and the often...
Not necessarily. Your seller may not even be aware that it is probably an El Cazador coin. Or he may be all to well aware of it and decided not to...
Jaun, back on the 26th you asked this question - You did that in this thread - http://www.cointalk.com/t2616-2/ The very next day on the 27th,...
And I didn't say it was. What I said was - It may be due to the coin being exceptionally weakly struck, or it maybe due to wear. Without seeing...
Fair enough, I didn't realize they had dropped their premiums that low. But you should have looked at Heritage a little closer -...
Question for you Siggi - is that incuse or raised ? In the pics it looks raised to me, but pics can be deceptive that way. If it is raised then it...
Let's get back to the topic guys - and it's not farming or preppers.
You can find about all the examples you want from most coin dealers. For a specific example that you can verify, just look at completed auctions...
It's probably a coin from the El Cazador. Many of them look like that, or worse.
Yes, most of them are. But as noted, it's largely because of the design. The other factor that comes into play is that the pressure was kept as...
OK, what is bullion price ? Bullion price is what you can buy gold for, bullion price is not spot. Go to any seller you want, anywhere, and buy an...
This is a concern as well. What would best would be to remove the coins from the original boxes, leaving them in their original hard plastic...
Detecto - My own fault, I should have read what I typed before clicking reply, but I was in a rush and didn't. I left a word out - unimpaired....
That's just it, it doesn't have cartwheel luster.
But only when that toning is attractive. When the toning is unattractive, they sell for less.
The spots are in the metal, not on the metal. That is why a coin dip (acid) cannot and does not remove them. Nor does water, or anything else that...
You know what you need to do ? You need to study the history of money for the last 2,000 years. No, I'm not being a smart-aleck and I am not being...
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