For the most part, yes, planchet quality had greatly improved. There were still isolated instances, but very few. We still have the occasional...
Yes, you do. And so does everybody else. There are not enough hours in the day or days in the year to produce the amount of coinage needed for...
What you will find is that the various TPG's are tougher on one series than the others are. None of them are tougher on all of them. But in order...
No. I can only remember that back in 2001 when I was doing research for a WINS trivia question regarding Proof coins made in Denver I ran across...
There are always going to be tiny differences because of the die making process - on any coin. But there have been no design changes that I am...
I do.
That's corrosion damage. And since there is no sign of the corroding material, at least in the pics, the coin has to have been cleaned to remove...
The problem that you are going to have is that many dealers bought their inventory some time ago. But prices have been dropping steadily. So if...
Correct.
It's not an error, value is bullion content.
In that condition, maybe a couple dollars, no more.
It actually says a whole lot more than that - but, it does make some exceptions which is what you are doing. Those exceptions are- toning - an...
Only 10, not the full 100, of the coins were engraved Conder, numbered 3 through 12. It is known where all of them are. A roster publishd in...
You can find the story if you look deep enough. It was in 2003.
These rules are purely used in the general sense, and by no means does everybody agree or follow them. It all depends on who you ask and what they...
The big pics clearly show the scratches that couldn't be seen in the original pics. I understand now why it looks the way it does. But I sure...
It was raw, and I don't own the coin any more.
Yes it is. But it such a dark blue that it is almost black. A whole lot of people say the same thing. But the time period is important. I am...
I can tell you this much, in the past 10 years the typical MS70 coin that you are talking about cost half as much today as it did 10 years ago....
Because I no longer collect coins- at all. I sold my entire collection several years ago. Now all I do is study the coins.
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