GD would indeed be happy with that Gothic crown. In fact - I even considered buying it when it was still available ;)
NGC would be my choice. If you are not a member of the NGC Collector's Society, or an ANA member - then you could have a dealer you know submit it...
Or by what other collectors are doing ;) Your collection is as individual as you are - you are the only one who can define it and make it...
if you want to know about shield nickels - anything about shield nickels - I would recommend contacting this gentleman - Howard Spindel But be...
This subject always comes up whenever a group of collectors talk among themselves for a period of time. That's because everybody has their own...
The way a collector goes about putting his/her collection together has been written about many times, especially when first starting out. The...
I really don't think so - for the same reason you mention - the one side would be perfectly flat. When they make a two-side coin - one side is...
How many circ coins will be struck is determined by the supply demands of the Federal Reserve system. There is a formula the Mint uses to...
Actually I do - yes.
Perhaps one of the best ways to find affordable examples of coins such as you mention would be to take a look at a couple of the auction houses...
I'd be happy to make a recommendation. But I need a bit more info first - primarily how much do you wish to spend ? Are you looking for common...
To be quite honest - there are so many different ancients - I don't know if one book would suffice. But I can point you to a couple of web sites...
I'll agree with what has been said so far. But I would make one additional point that was touched on but not really explained. That's about...
Howdy lincoln - First of all - my eyes are just about shot. I have to study a coin to see things that I used to be able to see in an instant....
I look forward to new pics once you receive them ;)
Possible yes - but like that - I rather doubt it. Something tells me that coin is not genuine :confused:
As a general rule - doubling and errors don't really add any value to coins from this era. Errors were all too common back in those days. It is...
Some folks say internal cuds don't exist - but I've certainly seen some rather large ones. From the looks of things - this one happened to occur...
Yup - looks like a struck through error to me. My guess would be it was a string from a piece of cloth that one of the mint workers used to wipe...
Sorry - values for errors is not something I am very familiar with. I can help identify them some of the time - but I'm not much help when it...
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