Contrary to 'popular' opinion, bartering is NOT illegal in Canada. We are free to make any kind of mutually acceptable deal between individuals as...
Can't say that I see anything that looks like die doubling either. I see what seems to be an offset in the statue of Lincoln on the reverse, but...
In spirityoda's photos, I see what has been pointed out as the identifier for LD vs SD, that being the direction in which the tail of the 9 points...
Looks more like where Clio lives, maybe...
I like that explanation, it makes perfect sense.
In one of the images, the backside doesn't look 'ground' down, so much as worn smooth. The remnants of the Russian Imperial eagle insignia can...
Wow! That's actually a pretty ugly bunch of 2006P coins. I'd be tempted to think the die had something stuck to it in that spot. If you magnify...
Interesting. I've not seen anything like that before, and I have no explanation for it.
I can't tell from your photos. It just looks like the light is reflecting off of the same broad background part of each coin in the same way. Has...
Coin cleaning the old-fashioned way... Okay, we don't clean coins for collections, but if they are only going to be put back into circulation,...
Dude, there is no such word as "wala". The correct term is "voila" (pronounced vwa-la), a French word originally that literally means (loosely)...
Under higher magnification of the image, it is clear that the last number is a 1 that has been flattened out so much that it has a gross...
Do you guys need a time out? It's a real waste of time for the rest of us to have to read these posts when we get a notification of a watched...
How about a separate thread for when the 'coin knowledge' aspect of the posts goes way off track and starts becoming arguments about the rights...
Ooooh! The 'plot' thickens...
No, this is the "Coin Porn" thread in the "Coin Talk" forum.
Aaaw! Idnay kyute?
Didn't want to get into this, since we are supposed to be talking coin-related stuff. But since we kind of are and given some of the previous...
'Drop in' as in 'insert carefully without causing damage', in the same sense as how one might drop in a charge of nitroglycerine when preparing...
Anyone have the chemical goods on the red colour? Pure copper typically goes darker and darker brown, and I am assuming that is due to the...
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