Well i can see how you might need one if you are looking for minor errors, or hairlines on surfaces, but when you are dealing with 17th century...
so at least two of us carry around gold coins then! I did carry around an 1894 Double Eagle briefly.
Careful Pilgrim, i'll have to send you a Churchill Crown... then you'll be sorry.
another sixpence fan hey? i better watch you! Florins are a close second for me though, some well nice designs there.
I still don't own a loupe, i've been collecting for 14 years and i've never had a loupe. I just look at them with the naked eye, it shows most...
I don't get wound up about much, but people confusing obverses and reverses really annoy me. It's like when you get them asking for an...
It's true, it can happen! That's why i was just advising my good friend Art not to fall into that trap, cos once they've got you you'll wish...
It was coins that got me interested in history too, now i'm doing a degree in it! This is what does it for me, more oft than not. I collect...
it's a crazy crazy world... :rolleyes:
unless it's gold plated then they are convinced it's solid.
Common sense would suggest they'd snatch it out of your hand no questions asked as soon as the realise it's gold, but these days they'd probably...
From the sounds of it these people would blow the whistle on you if you tried to give them a $20 lib as a tip. Some people... :rolleyes:
You're a bad influence! :D Start giving out Churchill Crowns and see what they do. You make a good point about a majority of people being...
Well i have two pocket pieces on the go, but this is the newer one of the two (as in how long i've owner it)... It's a Charles II Half Guinea,...
Now if it had been her Morgan and she had been paying you with it, she would have been adamant it was genuine.
Yes George III did indeed have Porphyria. (i think Queen Victoria might have too, and possibly Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany) Yes we all collect...
Well $20 doesn't sound too bad to me, sounds pretty decent actually. Actrually on second thoughts your coin might just be chipped not clipped....
That definately hammered. What grade did they sell it as, the hole is a killer in itself. Holes alway knock off value, and i may also be...
That one is milled, look at the beading type effect going around the edge, hammered coins tend not to have this (although it's not always the...
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