I agree. Having seen the grades these are given, AU wouldn't surprise me but it has had a dip if not worse. They simply don't stay white like that...
They haven't any value until you sell them. My guess is that they will go back to $1 each after the fad is over.
It's solder. Torch it off and toss it in with the rest for the smelter.
I won a dozen of them a few years ago in a bet with another dealer on a popular dealer trading platform. Last summer I sold them on the same...
Nice coin. They are terribly underpriced IMHO but if you really want to compare prices on eBay, I hope you are using results from sold auctions.
I'm not getting this thread. I don't see anything in any of the pictures and posting them by the hundreds won't change that. I would be willing to...
Damaged in a coin rolling and crimping machine.
I take issue with calling all dealers dishonest.
Those would be "Royal" cob 8 escudos and worth a fortune had they been real. However, they look like pretty obvious replicas to be. Weight and...
To be quite honest, I expected to see an MS 68 coin.
I keep a reference library of mutilated coins as teaching aids. When someone brings me a mutilated coin, I can show them similar ones and we can...
Can't see much of anything. Picture are out of focus.
the coin looks perfectly fine to me just looking at the photos. I would buy it in an instant. Perhaps that would change with it in-hand but I...
I once received some good advice from a very experienced numismatist and deal. he said..... "David, if you aren't making mistakes, you aren't...
XF/AU but it certainly looks cleaned. Awaiting better pics.......
You are absolutely correct. Nice find. This is a 1970 D quarter dollar struck on planchets punched out of stock intended for dimes. I don't have...
Just about all coins have decreased in price over the last few years. Why should Ikes be exempt?
I think that is the first "KEY" date cent I have ever seen.
AU58. It's been dipped but I bet it would be "market acceptable" type cleaning.
If you don't mind 50¢/hour remuneration, hunt for profit. Otherwise, hunt for the thrill of the find.
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