Why is the front of the neck almost invisible? Is that another aspect of the "shallow N" die variety too?
Liked On: 05-04-2013, 01:29 AM
The metal disc looks like a punchout from an electrical circuit box.
Liked On: 04-29-2013, 03:09 PM
I think you're well within the time frame for Oregon. But $4 to mail one nickel-sized coin? Was it insured? I'd ship for 66 cents - 1 ounce non-machinable letter, coin between two cardboards.
Liked On: 04-29-2013, 02:37 PM
That big discoloration on the obverse pretty well whacks the numismatic value and makes the grade immaterial. By the way, are Canadian cents 100% "out of circulation" now, or are they slowly...
Liked On: 04-27-2013, 08:11 PM
That's not how you do it. Get an "appraisal". List the items at AUCTION with an absurdly high hidden reserve (1% additional fee). If your hidden reserve is $1500, and the high bids cluster around...
Liked On: 04-27-2013, 02:04 PM
Next stop, Spink's. I have used them twice, although more than a decade ago, once in Hong Kong, once in Singapore. www.spink.com (http://www.spink.com) ...
Liked On: 04-26-2013, 04:55 PM
Make the round of pawn shops and tell the guy you will be spending $500+ in cash if the POS is right. Pawn shops LOVE cash deals. If the guy won't sell at a decent price, tell him you'll be back...
Liked On: 04-25-2013, 05:02 PM
Make the round of pawn shops and tell the guy you will be spending $500+ in cash if the POS is right. Pawn shops LOVE cash deals. If the guy won't sell at a decent price, tell him you'll be back...
Liked On: 04-25-2013, 11:45 AM
Yeah, ask Microsoft. They just paid a gazillion dollar fine because they did "something" the EU didn't like. Not to worry, the EU will be history in 5 years.
Liked On: 04-15-2013, 02:35 AM
List your coins from Quba, and if challenged, tell eBay that's a little island in the Florida Straits occupied by anti-Castro Qubans who provide food and water and repairs to escaping rafters (do...
Liked On: 04-14-2013, 06:14 PM
List your coins from Quba, and if challenged, tell eBay that's a little island in the Florida Straits occupied by anti-Castro Qubans who provide food and water and repairs to escaping rafters (do...
Liked On: 04-13-2013, 06:57 PM
List your coins from Quba, and if challenged, tell eBay that's a little island in the Florida Straits occupied by anti-Castro Qubans who provide food and water and repairs to escaping rafters (do...
Liked On: 04-13-2013, 08:19 AM
Just askin' If a gold coin contains copper (like US gold did), could ocean water leach out the copper, leaving a mottled porous darkened surface, especially if the coin were a lower fineness,...
Liked On: 04-12-2013, 09:15 AM
A British gold "cross" penny was minted in 1257, but I don't know what it looked like.
Liked On: 04-11-2013, 08:42 PM
There are plenty of Spanish coins found off the mid-Atlantic waters. One of the best search sites is Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, something about the ocean currents converging there during storms and...
Liked On: 04-08-2013, 11:30 PM