Darn I thought I was going to be able to be able to satisfy your wish on the Sheldon color set. It was sold as lot 571 of the first Dan Holmes...
Have to know where to look. I found four copies of the "larger and more expensive" version online for between $20 and $30 each., then three more...
If you can manage to keep them from deteriorating it may be a good idea to save high quality examples of the POST-82 memorials. They tend to spot...
Point of information. There have been two different companies called Universal Grading Service. The one whose slabs are pictured in the older...
He is right on the first piece, the second piece is a 1773 Virginia halfpenny. You'll find it listed in the Redbook under the colonial issues....
S-65 die state IV the crack from rim up through the 9 to bust is present. You really should. It is out of print and becoming harder to find. I...
These "mini" coins have been made by private companies on many occasions. They can come as either gold plated base metal, 8Kt gold, 22 Kt, or...
The study of edge dies is rather complicated. First you have to consider that more than likely multiple sets of edge dies had to be used. Second...
Use a band saw to cut away as much of the plastic as possible then using tongs immerse it in liquid nitrogen. The vastly different contraction...
Which was written in 1814.
These "coins" also have the prototype rev design that appears on the Cheerios dollars. Slightly questionable. The argument the Mint Director...
That doesn't mean IT is a winner, it means YOU are a winner.
The worst horror story I can think of (didn't happen to me as I don't submit) actually came about because the TPS's recommendations were NOT...
True but it is also often the result of having to deal with the general public. Mark, Numismatic Exchange?
I can't vouch for the truth of it but several years back on a coin email listserver I'm on one member reported that he received his proof set...
I see the retained cud on the reverse, a die chip in the top of the R of LIBERTY. The doubling on the 4 and the S is die deterioration/wear.
Yes latest estimates is one out of every 67 pound coins in circulation in Great Britain is a counterfeit. When they first started complaining...
I think it is a little early to declare it to be a winner yet. After all it has been out less than a year. It does have some good things going...
That's OK, I have plenty of cotton sleeves, paper envelopes and double row boxes. :)
At a 3% rate of inflation it would have to be $28.77 right now just to break even. As a general rule items purchased from the mint are seldom...
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