I know of only a tiny handful who have ever noticed all the changes to the Kennedy half over the years. I know of 11 design changes and that only...
Unfortunately, while that might be proof enough for the person doing the test - nobody else will accept it.
Close, ACG was first to slab them in '84. However, there was another company called AGA that graded & sealed coins in plastic flips in the mid...
And that is the ONLY published grading guide there is for any of the TPG's. But there is a problem with it in my opinion. For example, they do not...
Get the book Encyclopedia of US Gold Coins 1795-1933 by Garrett & Guth, it talks about how many survive fo rquite a few examples. But another way...
Can you circle what you are calling a copper spot ? There is a lot of glare on the pic, but I see what looks like a purple spot on my monitor at...
Tell ya what Dru, is it stealing or not ? Yes or no ?
OK, all I did to your pic was crop it and brighten it a bit. But IMO that mark by the wheat is enough to keep the coin from 65. (see 1st pic)...
See as marked, the arrows point to small & medium hits on the rim.
As a general rule kanga you are correct. With older world coinage errors were so common that they are not even considered by most. There are those...
krispy I have no doubt that the time will come when these bullion coins and many of the other moderns as well will be looked upon as we look at...
Not at all, as I said already -
cwt - I wouldn't know where to begin on those tokens. I might be able to say unc or circ but that's about it.
I think it's graded correctly. The reverse is what limits the coin IMO. There are some minor hits on the obv and some rim chatter but overall the...
Nope, just twice. And since I no longer collect there will not be a third.
Figures :headbang: So much to do and so little time to do it.
No argument on that at all. I used to own several of the commem sets sold by the mint in the cherry wood cases, everything from 4 coin sets to 32...
You might be right Dru. It's just that on the Vcoin coins there is no bar that goes all the way across the top of what you are outlining as the...
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Trust me, I don't care how much money you take to a coin show, whether it is your first or 101st, you won't have enough. And there is no way you...
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