Well since all the dies were made at Philadelphia they would have to be shipped from Philadelphia to the destination mint. If the dies were...
"Roll of Morgan dollars. Nice coins, full rims, clear dates, AU/BU. But I would have no idea if a coin was cleaned or not. " From what you have...
A list of ten coins EVERY collector should own is worthless without an explanation of why they are on the list. (And I am keeping this all US...
Did you miss the part in my post where I said the dies had COPY in raised letters on them so the replicas would be marked in compliance with the...
No other letter on the coin that small to be the source of a dropped letter. Where would he get an S punch that small? None in use at the mint....
The only way I can see to do it is to have COPY in RAISED letters on the die or mold so that when the replica is created it has COPY incused into...
As near as I can tell from looking over the laws, no it is not legal. (Title 18 Chap 25 Sec 487) The one way it seems to be OK from that Sec is...
Thanks Burton, I've never seen one in a BCW type slab. (And if you don't mind I stole your images.)
I just look at the AME. Don't examine the space between the A and M, don't examine the space between the M and E, just a quick general impression...
Double post, sorry.
Since it is a S mintmark there IS chance that it is silver. The first test is to check the weight If it is close to 5.67 grams it's plated. If...
That's a WAM, normal for 1992.
OK, like I said they went on sale and sold out in just a few seconds. Pretty much if you weren't the first order attempt placed you missed out....
No they didn't, that is the actual edge of the slab. I have seen many of these and they all look like that.
Die were never transferred between mints except between Philadelphia and the mint where they were intended to be used. One possible exception to...
The head IS smaller. Because of the width of the three zeros they needed a little more room for the date so the slightly reduced the size of the...
Yes you are reading it correctly. As you suspect most of the companies have only one or two varieties of slab, but a few are quite prolific....
Something doesn't make sense in the OP. "They never went live" And he says he got up early to make sure he got them. When? Did they put...
A complete list no, but this is a list of 143 of them I posted on Coin Community back in Oct 2013. A-Mark ACC ACCS Accugrade ACCGS ACGS...
If it is there hasn't been any official statement to that effect.
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