I was saying you will see a picture of one example only of what a VF can look like. There can be 100 different looking VF's, but a book like that...
I have a really old ANA grading guide. I believe it helped a lot. "Problem" with photo books is they will show you AN example of a F, VF, EF,...
Is its weight correct? Diameter? Even weight and diameter will not prove its correct, but it will prove if its incorrect. The problem with silver...
I hate to be one to jump on a bandwagon, but I agree with mushiness. There simply appears to be not enough crisp detail that the small amount of...
Lucky man to have a son who can read the cyrillic for him. :) I can get by on the Greek usually, having been around enough of these. Anything I...
As you say, time will tell. Personally, IDK about 2012 mintages, especially since they cut sales off early, but I would be willing to say I do...
I agree. No one can really tell if a coin was dipped once properly. Chemically, you are taking off a microscopic layer of metal, so eventually you...
They were high this month simply because they shut down 2012 early, believing demand would taper off. THey got caught short, so they were out for...
IMHO looking at the pic I would assume a rim bruise. But, that is just from a pic. It would be somewhat easier in hand. Not that I try to look at...
Yes, its part of the value you receive by buying them from a reputable mint. There is constant quality control checks being made.
Considering sales demands have been down considerably, and you are comparing it to the highest known year in history, yeah I would say its way...
Yeah, but its pretty tough trying to slog through a text that way, plus for numismatics I find it "less than thorough". I am a typical American,...
I wasn't going to go there....... ;)
C'est la vie.
Which is way more than the mint has ever sold. I simply believe the entire episode was a small blunder at the mint not projecting changeover...
I can't get into LRB varieties much either. From that group I got I looked at all of the campgates, how many rows of bricks, turrets, etc. Yeah, I...
For face value? Yes, your Zimbabwe coins are worthless. It will never touch collector value whatever they do. Mr. Mugabe is a textbook example...
Be very careful, they are COMPLETELY different things. You are comparing mintages of a government COIN versus mintages of a private "art bar"...
Enrico, i can definitely see why you may think merovingian or vandalic, as they had similar monogram types in the period. However, based upon a...
The 50d took off in the 60's roll craze. It basically has been at the same price today as it was 50 years ago. Maybe a business strike S mint...
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