Okay, I say: When you search your pocket for change to pay at the register (store) and count it out without looking and spend a wheatie. You...
okay: lets take this in parts: "I don't have a fraction of the knowledge you do" I am not sure of that, ask around. (just don't ask Doug, we all...
Actually, it was selling for a significant premium up until about a month ago. The reason: shortage of actual inventory. One dealer near me...
That would be a great piece to see! and rmorello: I was just teasing ya!
Hi, the US cent, as JC said: Mechanical/Strike doubling. The British Penny: That is the remnant from a clashed die. I presume that it is...
I have to check my change! Oh, no! I live in the States. oops.
1892 O: G-4 =$300 VG= $425 AU-50 = $700 MS-63 $1700 Which is only $800 more than an MS-60.
Darn, I thought that you meant the real St Gaudens! Not these modern replicas. That I want to see!
Viper: Congrats on post #4500!
Doug: Thank you, I have been searching for one for (literally) years. I had always hoped to find one in that old fashioned way-- a cherrypick...
yup, post mint damage. Probably coin counter.
Welcome to the forum, and I can't decide between cleverly placed dirt or RPM south.
Clembo: Thank you for the kind words.
jello: Sorry, but that is NOT a cud, looks like a lamination. But, definitely, not a cud.
I saw one this weekend at a coin show. I don't remember the asking price. but, what is everyone's guess as to the current value?
Doug: I agree with you-- to a point. Seeing the stupid prices that modern coins go for in high MS grades, say an MS69 2005Lincoln cent,...
Doug: Sounds like you have some great ones there. Have you collected the Wayte Raymond momographs written by, among others, Walter Breen?...
good info, but, wow! That is as tough as detecting some fake coins.
cw: Considering that the reference is from 2002, what do you consider the current value to be? and: Thanks, coinman.
When it is on eBay!
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