When Coinfacts says "small P" they are just referring to the general size of the letter not in reference to comparison to others of the same date...
It might be on a wrong planchet but I tink more likely it was struck in the wrong collar. Problem is Cyprus never had a scalloped collar coin...
The silver dollar gives a larger canvas for the artwork. And there have also been some modern commemorative half dollars as well. For each...
40% silver does have a copper core, 80% copper 20% silver. It may not be strongly noticible but it does show if you look for it and it gets...
OK that's great. It's just that a lot of people do make the mistake of shipping by FedEx thinking their coins are safe and then when somethng...
It depends on how the Texas statute is worded. They could be legal tender for whatever the bullion value is at the time they are used in payment,...
I don't know if this might make your peace of mind worse, but remember FedEx does not insure coins, either as cash or as collectibles. They...
What is typically called a dryer coin. It is a form of Post Mint Damage.
Looks to me like the MM got mashed in some PMD.
Two things can cause the mintmark to be smaller than normal. If the punch wasn't driven into the die deeply enough it will be smaller, and die...
Does it show clad layers on the edge? If it doesn't try a tissue test on it with a 90%, 40% and copper nickel clad half for comparison purposes...
Back then the presses ran about 60 cycles per minute (120 coins per minute because they were set up as dual die) so an hours production would only...
Well the PCGS grades matched the concensus grade for the top three but the last two were reversed. The 23-S that PCGS called a 64 must be a low...
It isn't that uncommon an occurrence. Finding a gem may be hard but when the dies clash that is what you usually got, leaves at Liberty's nose....
The auctioneer is Brad Karoloff (sp?) Very knowledgeable about early US silver (an advantage of having the JRCS group join us at our EAC...
To those people who actually KNOW about what they are buying it won't make a bit of difference. It will reduce the value to those people who...
Many government mints strike coins for other countries.
Yes I do. The dies started out normal but later in the life of the dies they were polished to the extent that some of the design details were...
If that is the only thing stopping you, tell him by PM.
At some point in the past the obv die was mis-aligned in the other direction and suffered a collar clash. The part of the die that forms the top...
Separate names with a comma.
