Just to follow up: My OP said: “Since PCGS and NGC do not attribute this variety, there are no stats on the number struck off the reverse proof...
@messydesk, Sorry for the delay, life happens. At the risk of being pedantic: I have been collecting varieties of...
Someone got a nice bonus on this auction win. https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/801549 Check out the reverse, it is a type 2 Proof reverse....
Caveat emptor! Sealed does NOT mean unopened.
Tradition! The highest value legal tender Gold Coin minted by the USA is the Fifty Dollar gold piece.
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First Welcome! As a quick reply. Before ~1992 modern coins, ALL mint marks were punched into dies at the Philidelphia mint Die Room. Sometimes...
Does anyone know if there is a way to get in touch with the authors? I would like to make a suggestion for an important inclusion to distinguish...
Picked two of these up at a coin show in Syracuse, NY in 1999. Put them in flips and left them in a plastic “Eagle” box that I only opened each...
Hard to pick but have always liked the colors: [ATTACH]
With regrets, I know from personal experience that any solid material, no matter how soft to the eye or touch, will scratch the surface of a...
First, I do not work for Merrill. (They work for me.) Merrill has two types of Investment accounts. Managed – You have a broker who trades for...
It might be worth remembering during the period of Franklin production, all Hub & Die work for all three Mints was exclusively implemented at the...
Nice set. I too purchased one example of each MS 65 in PCGS holders for @$200.00 a few years ago. I did not buy them as an investment, I bought...
Nice techniques. I use Paint.net software (free - https://www.getpaint.net/). With available user-developed "add-ins" and an active users forum,...
Bought an MS 65 full luster 1938 D Walking Liberty Half Dollar several years ago. I decided to put it in a special place because of its value....
Do you think it might have something to do with the instability in the prices of precious metals and the premium the Mint can reasonably expect...
The US Mint only needs to continue producing three coin denominations for circulation, the nickel, quarter, and dollar. Prices on retail and...
Nice Eye! Actually, you are correct by default. All Franklin Proofs between 1950-1955 and Type 1 1956 Proofs are RDV-001b. The "Holy Grail" is a...
Yes, the indented "L" is almost fool proof and the other "tells" help to verify. Some Franklin varieties between 1950-1951 are found in both...
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