It seems to me that it is a real coin that was probably dug out of the ground.
That old issue of CoinAGE is a storehouse of information about coin collecting in the late '60s. That particular issue talks about the "new" Mint...
Stocks are a sucker's bet. With all the creative accounting these days, you can't trust financial reports anymore, even if you can wade through...
I seriously doubt that you will be able to buy truly unsearched wheats from a dealer for 3 cents each.
40% silver halves
It has been 30 years since the great silver meltdown of 1980. Not everything was melted, as evidenced by all the junk silver that is still...
The $50 price did not last very long, actually-- it was just a blip on the screen. The dealers I knew were buying like the price was $25. The best...
Actually, leaving them in the slabs might be a better idea, since that at least leaves no question about their authenticity.
Thanks for your assessment and encouragement. There is a dealer in the Tokyo area who handles NGC submissions. It's a little more expensive--...
So the manga girls in their skimpy bikinis aren't enough to draw in players? :devil: At any rate, I concur that the token is either from a...
Some more photos Maybe I'm a little too passionate about this? Maybe I could be engaged in "imagineering". At any rate, here are a couple more...
Given that the original owner of the coin was an employee of the Philadelphia Mint (as per my grandmother, and I have no reason to doubt her...
1838 cent For comparison, here is an 1838 that I bought as a VG-F in 1996:
From what I can tell, it looks like the VG-F coins that I was buying in the '90s. But it seems that grading standards have changed dramatically...
VDB cent Thanks for your feedback. I will try to take a picture of the rim, if I can figure out how to do it with a simple digital camera and...
Thanks. I looked at the photos and compared them with my coin. My coin certainly has the hair and beard details, and the rim. I can even see lots...
That really didn't help too much since the photos had been removed and the diagnostic was for a regular 1909 cent. And yes, there is a VDB on the...
1909VDB Matte proof? Could this coin possibly be a matte proof?
From what I have seen so far, it seems like some of the coins offered for sale are overpriced.
You are comparing apples and oranges, or more specifically, economic systems with monetary systems. Gold is part of a monetary system-- working to...
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