Flip a Morgan dollar and you will hear a nice sounding "ping"...it is what I use for coin flips (especially football games). Silver sounds much...
The very fact that a coin could be possibly made from start to finish WITHOUT any trace of wear, no evidence of scratches, no handling or contact...
Isn't she the most purrrrrrtiest thing you ever saw?? http://www.coin-gallery.com/cg190720lg.htm Thank goodness for Teddy Roosevelt for...
Glad u r back... I'm in... http://www.cointalk.org/showpost.php?p=21400&postcount=3
EF or XF are grades between 40 and 49. The two most common grades are EF-40 and EF-45 [IMG] [IMG]
I like this site for my coin facts. Here's the link for the 1979-S Lincoln:...
Here's the guy who gave me the idea of the milk jug for diffused lighting: You can buy some really expensive lighting, but try this first...if...
The ACC is great in basketball and football...but for coin grading, they are very suspect. ACC and ANA standards in the same sentence is like...
For a quick lookup online (FREE), I use this site to give you an idea of "ball park" worth: http://www.ecoinprices.com/ For grading on your...
Agree with ND... [IMG] [IMG] Hope these help a little...I like the 1885 CC! A MS64 is around $750 where as a MS60 falls to around $525....
Keys are tri-pod, macro setting, indirect lighting (No flash), and black blackground so no light is reflected from the immediate surrounding...
So what is the problem with the ad? MS65 is a grade many "certified graders" like SGS Grading would award! Who cares about ANA standards?...
Same with me... http://www.cointalk.org/showpost.php?p=20789&postcount=6
Once I figured out how to link pictures (that, I have to admit are coming out great based on tips I learned here) to my excel spreadsheet, my...
Great and inexpensive method of making your own "indirect" lighting for coin pictures. Read on:...
"1914-D, 1931-S, 1909-S VDB, all found!" "Retired Banker's loose change collected over 40 years" "Found in the floor board of a old house"...
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