This may addressed somewhere but, if so, I can't find. What is the cut-off for something to be considered ancient. Is 900-1000 AD ancient?
I think it could be. The typical upper end is teardrop shaped not flat-ended like yours. Also, on the normal orientation, the upper teardrop is...
Actually, I thought there were two versions of the silver bicentennials - one version struck using parameters designed for silver planchet and a...
You might include the 34D heavy and medium motto coins and the 34D heavy motto with the 1932 mint mark style for a total of 6 unique die marriage...
CAC needs to come up with a red bean to signify that a coin is over-graded or poor for the grade. That would help the low-ball collectors. I.e.,...
I'm a bit confused on the eye appeal deal. I've seen some coins that I think are horrendous, but others think are incredibly nice (and...
There is a detailed paper on the clad reverses by James Wiles at this link: http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/content/QuarterRDVHandout.pdf Also,...
I focus on die varieties, especially on early clad quarters. For several years I have been trying to amass a complete set of reverse varieties...
I may do this to all of my coins so I can ID them if they ever get stolen.
That's probably the difference between a 66 and 66+ without the CAC tag. With the CAC tag, I'd bet the differential is much smaller, if there...
There is an up-side to the "race to the top". For many coins, there is little to no price difference between G and AU. Didn't used to be that...
I am waiting for the premiums to jump on the 68's and below as people start to put together "low-ball" sets.The Pr68 has a pop of only 3 with 4600...
You know, there's one other that you might want to add. In '41 they made a few dies with a new, larger mint mark (i.e., the Large S). They're...
There are 39s from all three mints that have either a reverse of 38 or a reverse of 40. There also a 1940 proof that has the reverse of 38. So...
A complete set of 1939 reverses, including the proofs
Can a coin be heavily toned on one side and white on the other if it's AT? I come across a lot of quarters in bulk 90% that have such patterns.
It doesn't look like any of the listed D/S coins (variety vista has 5 pictured). It's too low for OMM-002 - OMM-005, and the shape is wrong for...
I'm curious. Can you tell them that you do not want it graded if it doesn't reach a certain level? From what I understand, you will get charged...
The same mint mark was used on 1947 dimes, but is pretty common for that year. It's only when it shows up on the 1946 that it gets fun. FWIW, the...
Actually, I really was not thinking of random, but rather, a situation that apparently occurs frequently - resubmission until the desired grade is...
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