It is often difficult to get accurate photos of proof Lincoln cents. For me, they nearly always come out much darker than they really are. This...
He was probably a coin dealer who would like to have his hands on the large cent!
Just put a few Lincoln cents on auction tonight. Photos aren't the best, but they give a pretty good idea of what the coins look like. I'm a bit...
EBAY is a decent place to buy coins if you do your homework. Carefully check out a sellers feedback. Anything even a few tics from a 100% rating...
Yes there are a lot of RPM's and more are being found. A great reference book is The RPM Book, Second Edition: Lincoln Cents by James Wiles, PHD....
You can join NGC as a member & directly submit coins to them for grading, or as a member of ANA you are also able to get a submission number to...
I found 18 of them from a sealed $100 box about a year ago, have searched 12 more sealed boxes since (600 rolls) without finding any more. There...
Nice find! Looks like a good, sharpe strike also, really shows off the RPM:thumb:
Is ICCS an actual grading company or is it the sellers home grown brand?
Looks like a site worth exploring. Thanks Aidan!:thumb:
Glad you stayed around Indianhead! Thanks for the new contest.:hail:
I often buy original bank rolls of uncirculated coins & when I'm done searching the rolls, drop the now loose change in the nearby coinstar or...
At least it has gotten the attention off the hundreds of trivial buffalo nickel "errors" being sold. Never thought I would see anything to compare...
This seller does like to sell copies! Nothing wrong with that except it should be indicated in the auction title, not just in the description. I...
I can definitely relate. I've collected about every modern issue since the mid eighties, (not the bullion) and wonder now if I should have put...
I forward anything from eBay or PayPal that looks suspicious to either spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com and let them deal with it. After that I...
Sounds like we are going to end up with more varieties of this dollar coin than we had with the westward journey buffalo nickel!:rolleyes:
Nice links Twiggs! Have you found anything similar for world coins?:bow:
I was reading about bingles a while back in the Red Book, and have been trying to find a few. I saw two for sale (5c & 50c) on eBay a couple of...
With the availability of PCGS type holders on the market, and labeling software, anyone can make up a professional looking "graded" coin to sell....
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