The B T Washington had several things against it. Yes it probably suffered from racial bigotry. It also suffered for collectors disenchantment...
If you want to know if there is PVC in the plastic d a Beilstein test. Take a length of copper wire and strip about two inches of insulation off...
Congratulations Byron, you got me beat, by nine days.
I don't think a lawnmower got it, and I suspect it may have been a contemporary counterfeit.
I've got it on my watch list too. If it goes cheap I wouldn't mind having the S-199. Might be able to use one of the PMG notes for my slab...
I find that kind of hard to believe since all the dies were made in Philadelphia and there were multiple reverse dies for both mints. All of the...
Cladking is correct. They say they redeem by the metal content but they do not quote the relevant law which states the rate at which they pay for...
The Saint-Gaudens and WLH designs came to the Bullion coins while Elizabeth Jones was still the Chief Engraver. Same person who gave us the 82...
The slid during part of the edge lettering instead of rotating. It results in part of th lettering being too close and other sections being too...
Environmentally discolored.
Denticals are even but appear oddly weak 7:30 - 9:00 Rim width looks good but unusually sharp, which is doubly odd with the weak denticals. Since...
I don't think the planchets on those three are as nice as on the OP coin (especially the NGC), but they do have better detail. But I like them...
Yes they are current, but say nothing about having your bullion struck into coins. Section 5121 cover converting your bullion into bars for you,...
Very few PICTURES of high grade coins cost more then actual examples of lower grade either raw or slabbed. Because no one is likely to try and...
Redfield hoard, about 300 bags, the Continental bank hoard, 1500 bags. I'm sure there are others (not including the GSA hoard almost 3000 bags)....
It isn't so much that the Fed plls the Ikes, it's just that once they get there they never leave again because the order forms that the banks have...
Yes they appear to have punched the final A in too low. Now the question becomes is it just the one die, or are they all like that.
It isn't so much being against a particular company, it is an objection to the whole concept of third party grading. In the early years the third...
If it doesn't go for too much talk to me. I do not have an S-65.
It's been awhile back, less than a year after ICG slabbed it. Did some searching, it was two months after ICG slabbed it and shortly before Sept...
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