Last I heard, which was about 2 years ago, there were 14 authorized purcahsers. This was confirmed by the US Mint (in a Coin World article if I...
Whatever the number of existing genuine coins is, I'd bet there more counterfeits/fakes/altered ones out there than there are genuine ones.
I can only report what is written in the books which were written by people who know far more about it than any of us.
Not inappropriate at all. By all means - share the info.
You would think so - except for these 2 things. - the smaller the coin, then the more likely it is that any adjustment marks on the planchet...
Well done :thumb:
No Jerome it doesn't mean that at all. That is merely what you chose to interpret it as meaning.
Never cease to be amazed by that seeing that I paid $200 for the first and just over $300 for the second, in a higher grade, just 5 years ago.
I mean that the Russian government intentionally minted copies of the Netherlnads ducats and they did it for years. They made their own dies, they...
You can't find it under Mexico because it wasn't minted in Mexico. It was minted in Peru.
I'm gonna guess they said 64. You said an impulse buy - but why ?
Gentlemen - let me remind you what our rules are here. Such things are not to be discussed openly in the forum. And I believe all of you know...
By now you should have read the thread on the NGC forum as well which confirms what was said here. But to answer your question more directly - no...
Jerome - I said I would not buy it. I didn't say it wasn't collectible. There is a distinct difference. The reason I would not buy it is...
Yeah, there's probably somebody out there who doesn't know much about them that might pay that. But anybody who does know about them would likely...
Simple answer - we have not had a Secretary of the Treasury with the guts to do it on his/her own even though they can by law do so. And, because...
My projection is we aint seen bottom yet.
I'd go even furhter than CPD and say that adjustment marks are not found, ever, on US coins after 1840. And you will find very dang few of them on...
Something that no one has mentioned yet is that the early S mint Morgans are known for being well struck and found in better condition than most...
You are quite correct that pictures can show you things or hide things. You can take a hundred different pictures of the same coin and have all of...
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