It's dip residue from a bad dip job.
I know of some who get paid $250k.
Air-Tites are far and away better than 2x2's.
It's like Jim said Owle - all they are trying to do is make sure that the people they are selling to (at wholesale prices) are indeed coin...
Threads like this never fail to remind me why I never had any interest in varieties except for those that were plainly visible to the naked eye of...
If it's a fake they did a good job, and since you are sending it express you apparently think it's genuine. I can see what looks like some clash...
About the best I know of is this one - http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-U-S-Gold-Coins-Commemorative/dp/0794817653 As for the ANA Library, just...
Proofs were always intended to be cameo. But it was not until 1973 that the mint stopped using the Proof dies once the cameo effect was no longer...
Taylor - save your money and join the ANA. As a member you'll have access to the entire ANA Library and they'll mail the books right to your door.
Ehhh - 6/5 and pick 'em.
Many times over the years since I built this section of Coin Talk I have heard from members telling me that this link or that link contained in...
MS details - rim damage.
With that weight I would say it is probably genuine as I see nothing to make me think otherwise.
Personally I'm amazed that coin even got into a slab.I'd leave it right where it is.
The '28 peace is like the '21 Peace in that regard. The reason that values over most of the grades is basically flat is because the coin is...
I'd go along with the XF40 details, but the coin would never get in a regular slab because of those scratches.
dimeguy - what I would suggest that you do is to use Heritage. You can find countless examples of coins of any date and various denominations...
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Can't say for sure based on your pics. I can tell you that there are known fakes for this date and mint. In fact, that is the one and only coin...
If the coin is genuine, and I do have my doubts that it is genuine, it could only get into a Genuine or a Details slab due to the rim damage in...
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