A CAST COUNTERFEIT is a replication of a genuine coin usually created by making molds of the obverse and reverse, then casting base metal in the molds. A seam is usually visible on the edge unless it has been...
Beginning in 2004, PCGS began designating coins delivered by the U.S. Mint in the 30 day period following the initial sales date of a new product as "First Strike". For instance, new American Silver Eagles...
Along with the new design process of the Presedential dollar series, comes new errors! The new process involves a separate die to create the lettering on the edge of the new coins. Some coins have already...
The U.S. cent and Sacajawea dollar are the only coins currently minted in the United States which the profiles face to the right. All other US coins incuding the half dollar, quarter, dime, and nickel, all...
The Presidential Dollar Coin series is a new type of regular, circulating dollar coin, issued by the U.S. Mint that began this year. These dollar coins are made on the same planchets as the Sacagawea...
Many of the most popular U.S. coins were struck in silver. Silver coins were what the United States Mint mainly produced and are very popular to coin collectors. Many denominations of silver coins have been...
a whizzed coin has been buffed or polished to give it the appearance of the luster found on a mint coin. Whizzing is often done to try to sell the coin at a higher grade than it really is. The process is...
New Washington Dollar Scam One of the hottest items on Ebay is the new Washington dollar with the plain edge. Yes, the Mint did make some errors where they did not put the edge lettering on some of the P...