First and foremost, I bought one of these sets for myself because I like it. Even though I'm a former army brat, the military in general is a...
I once heard the saying, "A camel is a horse designed by committe". This explains alot about our coins.
Most simply stated, all forms of cleaning damage coins. How so? No matter how delicate, cleaning involves the removal of some portion of the...
Id agree. Acid dip pitted it and rubbing, possibly whizzing, made the hair lines.
Susan B never looked so good ;) Thanks once again for sharing your art
I see the junk on the obverse of the coin that you are worried about. Looks like candy residue or tape residue of some sort. The ONLY method of...
Looks like a die chip or gouge to me. I'm curious what CONECA will say about it.
PS, I guess the mint was feeling guilty for screwing up so bad. My web order has been upgrade to "expidited" shipping free of charge.....if the...
Speedy, as to why this set will go up..... Think of how many vehicles you see on the road with USMC stickers on them. Marines are a proud bunch...
I'm not expert here, but I'll throw my 2 cents into the pot.... The one area of concern for me are the "groves" to the right of the mint mark....
The are a TON of marines out there and its a tight-knit family. I'll count myself lucky if I can get one of these sets out of the mint.
Took me 25 minutes just to log in....still trying to order
Fine print reads this is only pre-sale ordering which continues through Aug 22. And they have the audacity to call it a "launch", more like a...
I'm sure tomorrows release of the USMC commem will do wonders for the backlog too.
My guess would be hot copper was poured out of it. Looks like it might have been in a fire, or at the least seen extreme heat. I thought the...
Mind posting the email explaination you received? I have my guesses, but I'm curious what you've heard. Thanks
shame about the finger prints on it either type it is.
Not sure, but don't celtic ancients have similar designs/shapes? Where did you find it?
Great question OldDan :) Short answer, YES! I'm a bit of a hybrid collector I guess, I collect mainly b/c I like this or that coin,...
As speedy and metalman have said, your looking at toning. What their not saying is that toning is highly collectible to some people and depending...
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