Well you look for wear on the high points to see if it is MS and the you look at number and severity of contact marks to determine level of MS....
I think Wd40 is asking if the IMAGES of the obv and rev are of the same coin. My comment on the weight was references from what the Krause...
Doesn't look like a DDO, more like MDD or die deterioration doubling. Angled images make it difficult to tell but Longacre syle doubling might...
What silver dollars were they striking in 1949? Mexican Pesos? (I believe we were restriking Mexican Pesos (1898?) for use in China at that time.)
The tour at the Denver mint is also unguided. The tour you can take as part of the ANA summer seminar on the other hand is a guided floor tour...
In many rural counties the roads are numbered on a grid system centered on the center of the county. Roads are typically a mile apart and are...
It isn't a key, it just hasn't fallen all the way yet. In a few more years it will probably be a "junk" set selling below issue price. A few...
Tables are cheaper in the budget area but how do you handle the "Out of budget" priced items in your inventory? Simple sell a coin for $2000,...
IF you can find one, and even then don't be surprised if it costs a good deal more than that $700 figure. It tends to be a lot easier and...
When I first got into collecting I joined the local coin club, it had about 100 members and the average age was 55 years old. When I moved to...
I noticed something in their rate schedules that should tell people about what is the safest way to ship. Their rate for insuring Registered mail...
It takes more time and effort to determine what something is from among many different possibilities than it does to confirm if it is this one...
First the Fed doesn't print currency. Second under the law as it is currently the paper currency has no value until it is PURCHASED by the Fed....
Your 1973 coin is the KM 434 mule. It should weigh only 2 grams while the 1975 coins should weigh 4 grams (per Krause) Congratulations the mule...
But the cent was the last coin to have the mintmark moved to the master hub.
I agree with the attribution 79/351 (smaller number is always listed first) and it is an R-1 in copper.
Compugrade pioneered the top view labeled slabs in 1991. SEGS slabs have had the top view since they started in 1998 (How they managed to patent...
And as values fall, collectors who were priced out of the market earlier return, or new collectors enticed by lower prices start until a new...
A if you can't tell the difference, you should learn and until then stick to buying the 63 that you can recognize. And when the go to sell, If I...
In the meantime while no descriptions are forthcoming from the authorities, the coins are being rapidly fenced. By the time we know what to look...
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