I'm guessing it's the ridiculous "+" grades by PCGS. The Sheldon Scale is already far too granular as it is.
Yeah, or the dies could have simply been dropped. :-) I'm rather skeptical of Pilliod's conclusions as they're not the sharpest under Occam's Razor.
Aye the "Extra Leaf" varieties are examples of very well-placed die gouges (like the "Speared Buffalo" and "Wounded Eagle"). Gouges happen all the...
The current figure is about 1 in 34, not 1 in 10, and those are the £1 coin designs that haven't been updated in years (i.e. since it was first...
Hee hee hee! That's rich. :-) Pics or it didn't happen. ;-) Bollocks. When the 1/2 Cent was eliminated, there was no 1/2 cent increase in...
If your "choice" is to waste billions of our country's dollars and acres of space in our landfills just to keep those paper dollars in...
Also Americans prefer the coin to the bill 2:1 (a good sized majority) if the savings are mentioned. The whole "Save George" campaign doesn't...
Kill the dollar bill. Use dollar coins. There really isn't any other responsible option as the savings is immense (both money and waste;...
You appear to have half of a magician's coin. :-) The other half would have been hollowed out a bit (basically a secret compartment) and fit...
It's a die scratch or gouge. Very common, but in an interesting place on yours. :-) This might be worth a little bit of a premium for novelty factor.
Hehe thanks! :-) We should really find a way to showcase all of the designs in a more permanent way. Is there a way to start an album on the...
If you're investing in a plot of land to build an estate for your family and children where if everything else goes to pot you can farm and live a...
Jeez, everyone' being intimidated by her it seems. :-)
This looks like it has the detail of a cast counterfeit that's been very well worn. Probably changed hands as genuine many many times. :-)
If it's a whole roll and they're all in the exact same place, then I'd have to agree with giving CONECA a poke about it. I once had about 6 or 7...
No it's a stack-smashed coin. "CE" in "CENT" is the same upside-down as it is right side up. Since it's incuse it's from a coin that was placed...
(I think the question was more aimed at a different angle than it was received. And don't answer if you have something you don't want others to...
$32 for an ASE. :-) Everything else I tend to get at spot (for silver coins) or face (via CRH).
@dimeguy - Hehe I won't hold it against ya. ;-) But seriously, good luck everyone! We have lots of awesome designs to choose from. :-)
The first is a counterfeit Trade Dollar Pattern, the other is a counterfeit Goloid Dollar Pattern. Very common counterfeits, both of which I have...
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