Yes, a dramatic increase in the spot price can increase and usually does increase the interest factor in coins. But that is a general sense only....
No idea what you mean by "missing chunks" and the pics are too small to see the coins. Care to explain ?
Yes, your coin was minted in London. That is indicated by no mint mark. Yes, the 1917 London sovereign is quite valuable, among the most...
I wasn't implying it was good or bad, or even an indicator. Merely suppling information.
Thad one of the big issues with writing books such as you suggest is that you have a very limited audience. That is because books, or pamphlets,...
What you're asking about is done by a few, but only a few. It entails a great deal of work and that's why only a few do it. I used to do it, but...
The only thing that adds value of any consequence is if it is a major error like being a doubled die that can be seen with the naked eye, no mint...
I agree Thad, but I still contend that a good portion of that green stuff is not verdigris, but PVC residue. That is evidenced by the fact that a...
That's not always true, but it can be. Even with our modern coinage, the reverse was often the hammer die. Same was true with older coinage as well.
Yup, and so does everybody else. Worthless paper they call it, backed by nothing they say. But it's still what everybody uses to buy that precious...
Mmmmm mmmmm - purrrrrrrrrrrty ! :eating:
Bruce my guess is that stuff has been on there for years and years, so it's gonna take a while. Patience ;)
Nope, ya call that toning. But it aint far from being corrosive.
That was entirely my point Cloud. Intrinsic value is nothing but an idea, at least the way most people use the term. They say gold & silver are...
There's really no need, the coin is well circulated. It's worth less than $10, probably closer to $5.
Tell ya what. Go to this link - http://worldcoingallery.com/ - find your coins, post links to them here, and then we'll talk some more.
My guess would be it isn't.
That's right Tom, we have special alarms that ring bells all over the place whenever the rules are broken. But of course those only go off when...
Oh, probably as soon as one of them reads it would be my guess.
Give that man the cigar :thumb: Finding early copper like this that doesn't have some problem, is the exception to the rule. The vast majority...
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