That depends on the specific time period you are talking about. There was a time when it was generally accepted that older coins in ICG slabs were...
Conder 101 answered your question #2 in post #5. As for your first question, yes it is undisputed that coins have been upgraded upon...
Change is an expense for all banks because of the shipping and vendor fees they have to pay - both ways. Banks don't get change at face value. It...
If you're going to play that game with the moderns you better be willing to flip them in a hurry or risk losing. Some may tend to rise at first...
Seriously doubt any vending machine operator would ever have a million dollars worth of coins on hand, let alone that much in a single...
Don't think so.
Some banks might be willing to do it for you, provided you agreed to pay all of their costs for acquiring the coins. But I think you'd have a lot...
Not anymore Mike, they switched to using lasers some time ago.
Your coin is not a Proof. If you can't see that from the surfaces, just look at the mint mark, that proves it is not a Proof. Here are 2...
That quote, and Shakespeare's, are noble words. One problem with both though, they are both dependent upon your own personal opinion of what the...
There is no single thread that I can recall in over 10 years that lists them all. Nor is there any book that lists them all to my knowledge....
I have to agree with the others, business strike.
In order top down - 1 - type 2 2 - questionable 3 - type 2 4 - type 1 5 - type 2 6 - type 1 [ATTACH]
Why ? It's a complete waste of time.
That depends on the cans. If they are clean, in good shape and the seals are intact then yeah they work great. Yes it could. But the cans can...
Some spots can be removed without harming the coin and some cannot. But if it is done incorrectly it always damages the coin. That's why if you...
Hmmmmm, you're not gonna get much in a container that size so I wonder about the practicality. The general idea though, not gonna dispute that....
All cardboard 2x2s produce cardboard dust - all of them. Yeah some may be worse than others. The cardboard dust problem is threefold. 1 - the dust...
Didn't take the time to pull up the image (no link), but yeah, I've seen that designation before.
Yeah, maybe. But I've seen a lot of heated coins and never saw one go concave because of it. Expand a bit ? Yes, but only temporarily. As soon as...
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