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Re: Unique Gold Buffalo Nickel is straight graded AU53!!!
It's interesting to wonder if the coin was struck intentionally or if it was a true error. On the one hand, it seems far more likely that a gold Buffalo Nickel would be intentional. First, because it's so rare, and second, because we assume that the Mint was especially careful about the way it controlled the flow of gold… -
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Re: Whadda ya think bout this Morgan - Grade and Comments Posted
Over the past several weeks I have been imaging my entire collection. In doing so I brought my old incomplete Morgan set home that I started in 1996 and pretty much put to rest in early 2000. Although bored with them at the time, as I was imaging them I now remember how beautiful they really are. Although my taste in coins… -
Re: $65 to $80 is the new baseline for silver. What say you?
I think its 60-85. I just price it in my head as the 50 day moving average of SLV, the etf, SIVR is physical silver which is actually higher than spot. Silver wants to go up based on industrial demand and static supply. If bond interest rates rise, bonds end up being more desirable as a hedge, so gold and silver go down,… -
Rotated Die - 2002-P Tennesse Quarter. What's the next step?
Well, I was falling asleep over a roll of quarters the other day and then this showed up. It took a bit to realize what I had, but it sure looks like the real deal to me. I've done some research, and a number of sources indicate that rotated dies of 90% or greater are when the values start to get interesting. Per an… -
Grading and Strike: Two Sides of the Same Coin
From the December 2008 Whitman Review: Grading and Strike: Two Sides of the Same Coin By Bill Fivaz Bill Fivaz is a special consultant to Q. David Bowers’s Grading Coins by Photographs. Here, he comments on an important factor in grading: a coin’s strike. When dies for any coin are designed, every effort is taken not to… -
Re: Were any classic MS pieces treated better than others off the dies?
Mint standards dropped significantly in 1950. Largely this was caused by the escalating number of coins being made but there were other trends which probably led to it as well. Before the 1920's there was much more demanded of individuals in their occupations. Doing a poor job would usually result in a change in… -
Re: Is this a cud or a dent?
Known full rim cuds on lettered edge half dollars: 1794 O.104a 1795 O.103a 1795 O.107a 1805 O.105a 1805 O.112a 1805 O.113a unique Benson 1806 O.101a 1806 O.104b 1806 O.105"b" unique "The Cud Book" 1806 O.107a 1806 O.108 1806 O.111a 1807 - 1836 no known full rim cuds Five of the twelve rim cuds are not listed in Overton,… -
Re: Have $3 golds had their day?
Oh, they had their day alright....and what a day they had. And apparently they prospered on hype...and died by the pops. Think back to fall of 2009 when MS65's were bringing $32,000 on the sheets...with people tripping over themselves to get them. Look at them today...in the toilet for the past 5+ years. The population… -
Re: You may never have Louis E. Eliasberg's wallet for this hobby...
<< <i>The responses here are interesting and have caused me to reflect on what makes certain collectibles "creepy". These certainly border on that, as do things like ancient Roman earrings and rings. I can certainly appreciate how aesthetically pleasing they are, but to think that someone wore them and may have died with…
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