Fair enough (assuming your container of onions also is in a vacuum or all free oxygen was replaced with another gas or liquid), although I imagine...
The first thing that popped into my head, upon reading that, was Bruce Willis describing his father's watch in the movie Pulp Fiction. Where else...
One of my favourite proof coins, from the Lasqueti Mint, in British Columbia, Canada. This is a private mint, run by a couple of retired people,...
My Canadian 1973 business strike nickel dollar, is one of my favourites... [ATTACH]
A proof-like (PL) example from north of the border. [ATTACH]
Not a split planchet. Here is a Canadian 1-cent split planchet, split after the strike. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Perfect for those split planchet error coins, whereby you need two slabs for what was a single coin.
I am speechless with that 1-cent error... simply amazing...
As a crustal element, platinum is just so much scarcer than gold. There are huge gold stockpiles all over the world. I was shocked when gold...
That half dollar is a beautiful coin cpm9ball...
One could slightly modify the Canadian two dollar coin... and reduce the amount of Arctic ice that the polar bear is standing on. It could be...
I love it!! As a geologist, I use coins all the time for scale in my photos. Once, I was showing some of my field photos to my daughter, and she...
I didn't say that other metals were immune to attack, but they certainly can survive longer in PVC flips, like a dealer's inventory, than...
I guess it depends on your collection. Coins struck in pure nickel, for example, can be put in almost any flip... Only coins containing copper...
Bear in mind, that in 2002, Canadian 10-cent coins were struck on multi-ply nickel & copper plated steel planchets. If it was struck by 1-cent...
A minor variety, classified by Hans Zoell as P69o. There is a slight premium on this coin if in grades EF or better.
I approach this topic in a bimodal fashion. I collect errors of small Canadian cents and nickel dollars. 1-cent errors are fascinating, and I...
ikandiggit, if you look carefully in the Krause, there are coins almost identical to those, which are common. That is the difference. That...
This was my best cherry pick. Bought it for $10 in 2008 from a dealer who had no clue of international coins. This dealer strictly dealt with...
The recent announcement of the PCGS awards for 2012, including the Low Ball Registry sets had me thinking. How many coin roll hunters out there...
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