It's possible that as time goes on, coin collectors may be able to identifywhat pair of dies wasused in striking the 1959-D penny error. If they can do this, or if one of the slabbing services like PCGS or NGC decides to certify and encapsulate the coin, the 1959-D wheat cent may...
Canadian Dot Cent coin. Image:NGC Coin Explorer The 1936 Dot Cent is a widely known Canadian rarity. It was minted in early 1937 after the death of King George V in January 1936 and the constitutional crisis caused by the sudden abdication of his successor, King Edward VIII, in December ...
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(silver and gold). Don’t rush, follow values on popular coin sites and eBay, and accumulate coins when you see a good deal. Coins graded (by PCGS or NGC) and sealed in clear cases have value that is verifiable. You also should develop a relationship with a coin shop, their advice ...
1970-1979 US Proof Coin Sets Click Here Older 1960's- Proof and Mint sets Click Here American Silver Eagle Dollars in Proof condition Older proof sets coming soon For more information about independent coin grading services such as PCGS or NGC click here. For more information about coin col...
From the NGC website: “TOOLED refers to either the smoothing of a coin's fields to remove scratches, corrosion and other forms of damage or to the restoration of lost details through use of a graver or knife. When a single side of the coin is affected, the terms OBV TOOLED and REV...
one of the specialized coins – a Dahlonega Mint 1845 $5 Gold Liberty – showed up at a local coin shop. A customer purchased that coin and entered its serial number on its certification insert into the NGC database. That was when the customer was alerted that the coin had been reported...
This coin is an NGC MS63DPL. The first pair of photos was taken to show the frost (two points here... first, the frost is still thicker than it shows, and second, frost isn't a requirement on PL/DMPL coins the way that mirrors are). The second pair shows the mirrors, which are...
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Check the pops, over 1,800 SMS in 67 compared to 43 MS in 67 here at NGC. It is far more difficult to get a high grade 1965 Lincoln MS coin than it is an SMS, I have no doubt that if you broke up your 1965 SMS set and sent for grading the odds are very high that all ...