SMACK! (me hitting my forhead). You mean all I need is a pencil eraser and I can turn common circulated pennies into hundreds of $$$? Why didn't...
P.S. Got my shipment confirmation and should have coins in hand this week :D
Might as ask why so many people bother watching a movie on its first day of release :)
Putting aside the glibness of my previous post, I see the logic used, but I still think its a weak excuse and lacks professionalism. Local coin...
I give this thread 3 more posts before it disinigrates into emotional backwash or strays total off the topic of coins......doh....with my post its...
I lucked out with the one time I bought an "unsearch lot". It was exactly as advertised and I even pulled a nice 1909 VBD (no S though :( ) And...
Here's the LINK to the video page. Choose your speed from there. edited to add the following: Watched the video and thought the following:...
So close in fact, that eBay bought out paypal a few years ago ;)
1802 Drape Bust Cent. Not in the best of shape, but I love the history it represents.
Got the old brain...ok not so old but it feels it on a monday morning....working. The term I was looking for was "copper wash", not sintered...
I'd quote Forrest Gump here, but I'll bite my tongue. Congrats on the sale of your coin.
Copper is a highly reactive metal. You can synthetically tone them just about any color in the rainbow. Blue lobsters are still worth more ;)
may be a "sintered planchet" copper layer deposit.
Reading up more on this....can you imagine if you found the 1 in 4400 cheerios prize. It was a certificate redeemable for 100 Sacs from General...
OK....this make more sense to me now. Don't know that I'd fork over $6K for it, but then again, I'm not in the position to fork over $6K for any...
With the tax rates you pay in Sweden I should hope things run better ;)
Ahhhhh....now I see those 3 little letters. Thanks for posting the better picts. Nice coin. Again, Congrats!!!! :)
Which is more asinine? The fact someone bid $3650? Or that the seller set a reserve higher than $3650?
The gold and platinum plated coins are misleading. Most in the coin collecting community consider them to be altered/damaged coins and so don't...
Maybe its the scan, but I'm not seeing the VBD. I trust is a "you can see in person" thing. Anyway, Congrats!!! ;)
Separate names with a comma.
