A couple of things - unless you know for a fact that the coins to which you refer were in your father's collection from the time they left the...
The ANA guide does.
Easier than that - just turn it end-ways and pull it out the hole.
The one that Coin World puts out would probably come the closest, but it's only for the top 100 coins - or was it 50 ? Either way - another...
I think you'd find this is pretty much what it looks like in hand -
But the pictures are going to help you even less. Many things are not even visible in pictures depending on the lighting, the angles and the...
It has nothing to do with gold. It has to do with the absolutely stupid amounts of money people are paying for the coins. It's very similar with...
Trying to grade coins based on pictures in a book is probably the worst thing you can do. You are far better off using written descriptions.
And it'll either be sold to a private collector who doesn't care if it is stolen or not, melted down and sold for the gold, or they'll get caught...
That's because the print is etched into the metal and MS70 does not remove metal. It only removes haze and light surface contaminants. But a lot...
The numbers in the stars is when the coin was actually minted.
I'll never understand why people continually get hung over the idea of fees. I mean look - unless you buy or sell a coin to a private individual...
Guess I'll be the contrarian again - looks NT to me.
So you took what appears to be a polished coin and turned it into what appears to be a re-colored coin - I fail to see the benefit.
I suspect the print on the Pres coin will come back.
Another one I never got to get. Your collection has far surpassed what mine ever was ! Congrats Conrad - and keep up the good work :thumb:
Gonna getcha for that ! :hammer:
Extremely clean coin, almost mark free. I was almost tempted to say 58 on this one because of the cheekbones, but I decided to chalk it up to...
As with most things that kind of depends on who you ask. Coins with the Red designation sell for more than those with the RB or BN designation,...
But a brand new one is pretty dang close.
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