Another good example of why you don't take a dealers opinion of what an error is unless they specialize in them. Your average dealer does not...
News to me. As far as I know they have always paid off on their rewards. If they reneged I'm sure it would be widely reported and be very...
If it was a case of went greedy for the money, why did they melt down the coins they confiscated? You will note my comment was based on the nine...
Which did not react to the slab being dropped in. I haven't looked but has PCGS posted anything on their website about this or is it just a...
Correct, every currently known 1933 double eagle eventually traces back to Switt. But he had disbursed at least ten of them by 1940 and they were...
No but the government didn't issue the nations paper currency then either. It was issued by the state banks, private banks, and even some...
No it was purchased from a dealer in Texas (Possibly B Max Mehl) and following the laws on the books at the time they applied for an export...
If it was aluminum it would weigh 1.9 grams. It clearly can't be aluminum. but a white metal counterfeit might be possible using a tin or zinc...
While back our local bank was selling collector coins and sets, but they didn't belong to the bank they were part of a commercial arrangement with...
It does happen on the others series, but since there is no 83/2 in those other series no one pays any attention to it.
cpm9ball got it right, post strike damage by being squezed between another coin and some other object that damaged the obv. Valuable as an...
Near date is still a better term because if the obverse die is slightly misaligned you can have near dates with narrow rims or far dates with wide...
No there weren't Except an nickel or coppernickel planchet of 19 mm and equal thickness would also weigh 3.1 grams (Density of copper and nickel...
Not easy to do with something almost two and a half inches in diameter.
Yes even if the customer doesn't request images. For the past seven years NGC has photographed every coin they slabbed and the images have been...
When I dealt with them back in the early days of my collecting I found them to be very conservative on grading WHEN THEY WERE BUYING, but...
TIF nailed it, that is what it is. A cap used to protect the delicate surfaces of the proof die until it is put into service.
Yes that is ANACS 4.5 I had not seen one of those when the book was published. The first one showed up a little over two years ago at of all...
Not an expert but I don't think so. How's the weight? the contemporary counterfets and the Machin pieces were notably underweight.
I have to admit a set with a mintage of just 17,000 really sounds tempting, but I absolutely HATE reverse proofs. I find them horribly ugly.
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