Interestingly, I once owned an 1855-D $5 in a similar grade (PCGS claimed EF-40). It disappeared from the mail when I sent it to PCGS for a...
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You may have noticed a lack of consistency in the count of grades used per letter designation. Perhaps we should think of AU-50 as EF-50 instead?...
IIRC, Hugh Wood, the insurance company which provides coin insurance for ANA members, specifies a TL-15 (or better) safe.
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:dead-horse: Coins already have two grades -- One when you buy it and one when you try to sell it.
Do you mean the silver dollar or the clad half dollar? Of the three in the set, I prefer the dollar coin myself.
2011 Army Unc After seeing both this coin and the half in person, I'm not the least surprised by the low number sold: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I'll go for the obvious and somewhat boring high relief proof: http://www.ebay.com/itm/130596844325
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Order: 38389xxx (1 Set) Received Today.
Apologies for the mediocre insurance photos, but here's a couple of shots of my 1984-d Proof. (The coin itself is in a safe-deposit box)....
A slightly more detailed account: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-truth-behind-how-gerald-celente-got-screwed-by-mf-global-2011-11 If I'm...
In my opinion, rare coins are less attractive purely as an investment because of transaction costs. If you buy and sell through reputable dealers,...
My 3rd 19th Century U.S. Proof, albeit not a terribly exciting one: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
You can look this stuff up, don't 'ya know. In 1968, the coin shrunk from 29.72mm and 11.66 grams to 27.13mm and 8.1 grams. In 2000 the weight...
A couple of more 1861-O's -- One circulated, one from the S.S. Republic: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I know very little about mint machinery, but how significant do you think these challenges are? One of the reasons I ask is because the...
That's because they are all up in Alaska fishing for salmon: http://www.great-alaska-seafood.com/seafood-sale-091611.htm
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