The Cherrypicker's Guide, by JT Stanton and Bill Fivaz. You can find it on Amazon quite easily.
Howdy Paco - Welcome to the Forum !! Coins such as you describe are oddities yes - but they are also quite common. The missing digits or...
A common misconception, nothing more. It's like most non collectors think that a coin 100 yrs old or more has to be valuable. Well, depending on...
Geeeez folks - ever hear of Google ? Google is your friend ;) When you type in " eBay sellers to avoid " - this is what comes up. Ebay sellers...
Not like Breen's book - no. But there are new books being written all the time, most of them dealing with one particular coin type or specialty...
Statistics, epsecially statistics such as those contained in the pop reports, can be interpretted to mean almost anything. For example, the...
Oh no need to worry about that, it's already happened. PCGS was sued in Federal Court some years ago over their grading practices. They fought the...
David - Counterfeits were just as prolific 10 - 25 - 50 yrs ago as they are today. There are a great many collectors out there who have had...
I'm not suggesting that the coin wasn't clipped or filed for it does appear that it was. I'm saying that the missing dot could not have been...
C'mon now Mik, isn't it obvious ? You CAN vote without posting a reply. I do it all the time in these polls - as I did in this one.
For one book that covers the overall subject, that's about as good as you're gonna get. But no single book really covers it all - there's just too...
And those conclusions are what - that PCGS has tougher grading standards than NGC does ? We can debate the subject until the proverbial cows come...
What you are talking about is the 1994 Jefferson Coin & Currency set. The nickel was special because it was made with a matte finish and had a low...
No Cloud that's not what I was trying to point out at all. I was trying to point out that it doesn't make any difference whether a fiat currency...
Based on the pics it looks to me like the '79 has some light wear - AU55. The '81 I would say MS62.
If you bought them for bullion why do you care how they look ? :confused: In any case - put two or three of the coins in your pocket and caryy...
I don't think that one was struck Bone - looks cast to me. But hey, I get your message :thumb:
Don't believe everything you read Jimmy. The '21 Morgans were struck long before the first Peace dollar was ever struck. And it was done because...
Yeah it is, but it was also the way U was written in Latin. Look at the pic below. See the arrow, it's pointing to a V. The Latin word is KAROLVS...
Have you ever checked the inflation rates from oh say 1300 ? Got news for ya - even when the money was silver and gold - prices still went up and...
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