Cool beans. That's why you never say never.
I've bought stuff from a dealer who said "oh I need to take it down from eBay" and then discovered that the free Internet provided by the venue...
There are two terms used, IDB and Die Chip. The boundaries aren't all that clear. A die chip is a type of IDB, but a minimal one. The die chip...
So what have you learned? * Doubled Die not Double Die. The actual DIE has the doubling, the other is a nonsense term * They do exist. Like...
Today, there are two screeings... at mint before dropping into the balistic nylon bags and at the contracted coin terminals when they are counted...
A lot of them were smuggled out of the mint - in San Francisco they used the oil pan of the forklift.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
There certainly seems to be more than the usual # of die chips with the new designs. They're still not really worth anything, but it will give the...
Same ? same answers on CCF.
The chart is clearly wrong in several instances... such as the Seated Half dollar from 1873 through the Barber to 1915...
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and that nose. Remind you of anyone? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/mexique/693-original.jpg
Well, if the coin has any wear under the gold it's almost certainly not contemporary. There wouldn't have been time to accumulate wear, be plated,...
Happy FRIDAY all, my package of mystery has arrived... Now I need a book for the quarters AND to figure out some of the puns. And to be on the...
There is a reason the job/role of "Customs Broker" exists... If you are going to ship, say, USPS, you need to review the USPS mail manual section...
The same coin was sold in two different packaging options, and the label identifies which one after removing it from the OGP....
Generally, the progression for copper is RD to RB to BN. They are saying they can't guarantee the coin will regrade as RD or RB after that date...
https://www.numismaticnews.net/us-coins/coin-theft-suspects-caught Both stories are almost identical as if they are quoting a US Government press...
Founding of the Mexico City mint (1536-1572): http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan128937
Environmental damage, worth face
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